Overview
- The Bengaluru Public Toilet Audit 2026, released Wednesday July 22, inspected 142 facilities and estimated the city has about 800–900 public toilets in total, roughly one for every 25,000–30,000 people.
- Inspectors found 37 of the 142 audited toilets (26%) were completely non-functional and only six were rated very clean, while 58% had a persistent foul odour and just 56% were adequately lit.
- The audit documented severe gaps in basic supplies and accessibility: only nine toilets had ramps for people with disabilities, water was available in about 40% of functional units, and none had soap dispensers or dustbins.
- B. PAC has urged immediate measures including a 30-day emergency repair drive, creation of a single Public Toilet Management Cell under the Greater Bengaluru Authority, five-year operate-and-maintain contracts with performance monitoring, and construction of more than 1,000 new inclusive toilets through PPPs.
- The report was formally submitted to municipal waste and GBA officials and has been used by opposition leaders to press the state government; news coverage so far records public criticism but no confirmed large-scale government remediation.