WALKING along platform 1 of the Guindy suburban railway station, one might spot a yellow and brick-red building at the far end. This facility is the sole pay and use toilet at the station (on Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu route), which, as per Southern Railway estimates, gets an average daily footfall of over 60,000. However, upon getting closer to the facility, plastic waste, debris, old clothes, and empty liquor bottles lay out the red carpet.
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