JU students face poor toilet facility

Toilet facility on Jahangirnagar University(JU) bears the portrait of neglect for lack of supervision, causing immense suffering to students and visitors those busy in outdoor activities during daytime.
Visitors who also come to campus for official and other purposes suffer much due to shortage of public toilets.
Male can respond to the call of nature by using footpath sides, parks and open places but use of such places by women is impossible. Some of the toilets at JU do not even have separate arrangement for the women.
Visiting different spots of the campus including academic buildings and students residential dormitories The Independent found that most of the toilets are seen vulnerable and unhygienic. Lack of proper maintenance and repair works of the toilets are blamed.
While visiting most of the spots this correspondent found that toilets at different dormitories, Teacher Student Centre, medical centre, Zahir Raihan Auditorium, registrar building, both male and female residential dormitories and other areas are lying in a bad condition. Many of the doors were broken and seen the toilets dirty and damaged. Moreover, both male and female are using same toilets as some places have no separate sanitation systems for female.
One or two toilets were found okay where long queues are seen.
There are only two toilets available for thousands of students and visitors at the Teacher Student Centre, but one of them remained closed often and another one is unusable.
Halima Akter, a Master’s student of Mathematics department said many often ignored the need to go to the toilet as it is completely unusable and unhygienic.
Besides, the toilets are not cleaned properly, most of the time there is neither soap nor tissue paper in the toilet, Rifat Ara Khanam, a first year student of Economics department said.
When taps or other sanitary equipment get damaged, the authorities do not even bother to repair them timely, she said.
Lack of proper cleanliness of the toilets most of the time it became impossible for students to concentrate in class because of malodor coming from the toilets, claimed Afzal Hossain, a third year student of Law and Justice department.
Not only students but also visitors who are coming to the university also suffer due to bad sanitation facilities. Female visitors suffer even more as there are no separate toilet facilities for the public at the university.
On demand, a public toilet was set up in the Bottala area of the university by the authorities. However, the toilets are now almost unusable due to lack of proper maintenance.
“Poor condition of toilets in the university adversely affects our health. Yet the authorities seem indifferent to the problem,” said a visitor Jannatul Ferdous Nipa.
Dr Mozeza Zohura, acting medical officer, said they have started repairing work of the toilets at the medical centre.
She, however, said poor sanitation has been causing health problems for the students.  

JU students face poor toilet facility

Toilet facility on Jahangirnagar University(JU) bears the portrait of neglect for lack of supervision, causing immense suffering to students and visitors those busy in outdoor activities during daytime. Visitors who also come to campus for official and other purposes suffer much due to shortage of public toilets. Male can respond to the call of nature by using footpath sides, parks and open places but use of such places by women is impossible. Some of the toilets at JU do not even have separate arrangement for the women. Visiting different spots of the campus including academic buildings and students residential dormitories The Independent found that most of the toilets are seen vulnerable and unhygienic. Lack of proper maintenance and repair works of the toilets are blamed. While visiting most of the spots this correspondent found that toilets at different dormitories, Teacher Student Centre, medical centre, Zahir Raihan Auditorium, registrar building, both male and female residential dormitories and other areas are lying in a bad condition. Many of the doors were broken and seen the toilets dirty and damaged. Moreover, both male and female are using same toilets as some places have no separate sanitation systems for female. One or two toilets were found okay where long queues are seen. There are only two toilets available for thousands of students and visitors at the Teacher Student Centre, but one of them remained closed often and another one is unusable. Halima Akter, a Masters student of Mathematics department said many often ignored the need to go to the toilet as it is completely unusable and unhygienic. Besides, the toilets are not cleaned properly, most of the time there is neither soap nor tissue paper in the toilet, Rifat Ara Khanam, a first year student of Economics department said. When taps or other sanitary equipment get damaged, the authorities do not even bother to repair them timely, she said. Lack of proper cleanliness of the toilets most of the time it became impossible for students to concentrate in class because of malodor coming from the toilets, claimed Afzal Hossain, a third year student of Law and Justice department. Not only students but also visitors who are coming to the university also suffer due to bad sanitation facilities. Female visitors suffer even more as there are no separate toilet facilities for the public at the university. On demand, a public toilet was set up in the Bottala area of the university by the authorities. However, the toilets are now almost unusable due to lack of proper maintenance. Poor condition of toilets in the university adversely affects our health. Yet the authorities seem indifferent to the problem, said a visitor Jannatul Ferdous Nipa. Dr Mozeza Zohura, acting medical officer, said they have started repairing work of the toilets at the medical centre. She, however, said poor sanitation has been causing health problems for the students.