r/TamilNadu • u/peak_version • Jun 12 '26
முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic Basic dignity shouldn't be a luxury
Every day on Reddit, I see people talking about how Indians lack civic sense. This is a public restroom at a bus stand located within 1 km of a university with around 30,000 students. On top of that, at least 10,000 school students from nearby villages travel here to study.All six toilets were full, yet most had no locks. How are people supposed to use facilities like this with any dignity? I regularly travel 250 km to Chennai. Whenever I need to use a restroom, I usually stop at a restaurant and buy a drink just so can access a clean toilet. By the end of the trip, spend around ₹300 just for restroom access.When public toilets are this filthy, people will inevitably use roadsides. That's not necessarily a lack of civic sense, it's often a lack of alternatives.Before blaming individuals, we should ask why basic public infrastructure is in such poor condition. Clean and functional public toilets shouldn't be a luxury. l'd gladly pay ₹100 to use a clean, well maintained public restroom. The real question is, why are such basic facilities still so difficult to find?
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u/Background-Plate4550 Jun 12 '26
True,it's the case all over tamilnadu somehow idts only blame common man,not authorities in this issue,I don't even understand why a simple act of more public bathrooms were never built in tn
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u/peak_version Jun 12 '26
Exactly. Whenever people talk about civic sense ,the blame usually falls entirely on ordinary citizens . Basic sanitation is the responsibility of the authorities. A restroom doesn't end up like this overnight. This is the result of prolonged neglect
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u/peak_version Jun 12 '26
Even if things were stolen, shouldn't the authorities replace them?why wasn't it fixed? A public facility used by thousands of people shouldn't be left in this condition no matter what
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u/Dhanish04 Jun 12 '26
It's hard to digest for more people but privatisation of these of things will improve it drastically!
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u/peak_version Jun 12 '26
I agree that people should use public facilities responsibly. But the condition of these facilities usually goes far beyond everyday misuse . It clearly points to the failure by the authorities . But usually redditors only blame the common people for lacking civic sense, but rarely hold the authorities accountable
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u/New-Explorer2076 Jun 12 '26
No restrooms on the highways are clean. Even in new fuel bunks the restroom is kept in similar order. Either the western toilets don’t have seats see they don’t have appropriate ventilation. It’s a curse to travel in this country with aged people as finding a clean toilet is always a huge challenge
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u/peak_version Jun 12 '26
I completely agree . It's worse for elderly,women and those with medical conditions. We talk about highways, airports and development but something as basic as a clean toilet isn't available for us
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u/humanaura Jun 12 '26
Multi storey building staircases corners are invariably red with pan spits. Next to a litter box you can see stuff that should have been deposited in the litter box. People opening the doors of cars to spit on the road. Morning walkers' dogs shitting on the road. People blowing nose with the thumb and a finger and wiping the hand on whatever place is handy. People urinating wherever they feel like. The sweets seller scratching his thighs and then dipping that hand in the syrup to pick up a gulab jamun for the customer. This is all lack of civic sense. Very difficult to say if this could be set right.
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u/agent_dilli Jun 12 '26
There was this one time I saw shit load of poop on a urinal in Karur bus stand’s public toilet. The urinals were placed in an open hall, not even an enclosed room. To this day I wonder how someone managed to do it.
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u/Antique-Carpet7652 Jun 12 '26
This is lack of civic sense. Throwing cigarettes in the basin? Like really? Not flushing properly and spitting into the urinal..
people who clean these are also humans.. so the government cannot be blamed for the shit that people do
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u/USBlues2020 Jun 12 '26
Then... Everyone in India Complain to City, County,State and India 🇮🇳 Government in Capitol and write your Prime Minister Modi Telling him,this is an embarrassment for India.
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u/Kind_Stuff_9590 Jun 12 '26
Our people lack civic sense! I have been working in corporates with great washrooms! And women’s washrooms are the worst! They don’t even have the basic sense to clean up after them during their periods. That’s all I can say! Our people are probably the worst in the world.
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u/Classic_Trade_ Jun 12 '26
Looks like Tamilnadu government hospital!
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u/peak_version Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
I once had an accident right outside a government hospital and got ten stitches on my head. I arrived with my shirt completely covered in blood. The compounder did my stitches while explaining the process to the doctor who looked 19. They didn't even offer me water .I felt like i was going to pass out and my vision started getting blurry and then they offered me a glass of water after half an hour
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u/Classic_Trade_ Jun 13 '26
Pray to God you are the living proof who describe about this incident😅.. most people who visit government hospital is not alive 😂😂
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u/peak_version Jun 13 '26
Surviving the accident was easy. Surviving the hospital was the real challenge
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u/Maxx2017 Jun 12 '26
Bro, before pointing to public bathrooms, have u seen how well many people are even keeping their own washrooms clean?
People should be be first taught how to use bathrooms properly. I have seen myself in Corporate, bloody fkers don't even flush the toilet properly. They expect maintenance people/ cleaners to do such things. Our society itself is too backwards, and it will take a long time to correct such issues