The toilets lack sewage systems and water connections and civic officials claimed they are yet to receive nods for the same from the forest department as the lavatories have been set up on the latter’s land

Toilets near Airoli junction, Bhandup and Kanjurmarg: Sameer Wagala, who visits the spot regularly to catch a bus, said people had to go to the rear of the closed toilet on the Thane-bound road to relieve themselves

Bhaskar Kshirsagar, assistant municipal commissioner of the S ward, said, “The land belongs to the forest department. We are in continuous talks with them about allowing us to open the toilets. The lavatory at the Bhandup pumping station, however, is open.”

A urinal at Mhada Colony junction, Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar, Mulund, which is allegedly being overlooked by civic staffers is making life unbearable for locals

Three toilets at Ghatkopar East near the Railway Police Colony on the northbound lane towards Thane and another near the Ghatkopar pumping station towards Sion were clean. A lavatory at the Vikhroli Station Road junction was clean. Vikram Vishwakarma, a local, expressed satisfaction with the hygiene of the facility, appreciating the fact that citizens weren’t charged to use it

When this reporter travelled from Ghatkopar to Sion, no public toilet could be seen. When heading towards Thane from Sion, there were three lavatories, including one at Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, which was clean

However, solid waste had piled up on the road outside it. One of the other toilets, opposite Wadala junction, did not have a urinal. The last one, opposite Suman Nagar, was uncharacteristically hygienic. These toilets were pay-and-use facilities where one could urinate for free. BMC officials claimed these toilets did not belong to the civic body

There were no urinal facilities between Suman Nagar and Ghatkopar on the northbound stretch of the highway. While there were public toilets at Kurla signal and Kamaraj Nagar junction, the former didn’t have a proper urinal facility and the latter was in a sorry state