Terrible toilets at JU

Sanitation facilities at Jahangirnagar University are in a terrible condition, particularly those for females, due to lack of proper maintenance and repair works.

The Daily Star found most of the toilets in different dormitories, at the Teacher Student Centre, medical centre, Zahir Raihan Auditorium, registrar building and other areas to be in a bad condition. Many of the doors were broken and the toilets dirty, smelly and damaged.

Not only students, visitors 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 Hassan Al Mahmud, a second year students of anthropology.

Dr Mozeza Zohura, acting medical officer, said they have started repairing the toilets at the medical centre.

She, however, said poor sanitation has been causing health problems for the students.                  

Director of Teacher Student Centre Prof Khabir Uddin said they would hold a meeting with the vice-chancellor in this regard very soon.