AEROSAN HUB_BANESHWOR

Key Features of  Hub

1.     Neo Infrastructure

This Hub has one male cubicle for defecation and 4 units of the urinal for the male. One wheelchair-accessible cubicle for disabled users (it's free). The female block is comprised of 2 cubicles. The hub also consists of the sensor light and the handwash stations are also sensor-based and supported by a sensor-based hand drier to promote a touchless handwashing experience and mitigate the contamination of germs like Covid 19. All the cubicles have hooks to hang the user's coat, bag, and purse.

2.     Gender Friendly Public Toilet

The hub provides a gender-friendly environment to reduce the problem that women and girls are facing. Women feel difficult to use the public toilet since there are no light and water facilities at public toilet. There are also cases of molestation in the dark public toilet and hence they feel insecure to visit the public toilet even they need it badly. But this public toilet is spacious with abundant light which makes the women feel comfortable and secure using the public toilet. Menstrual hygiene facilities like pad vending machines are placed where they can easily get sanitary pads inside the public toilet at a subsidized cost. Users need not hide the pads above the doors or windows as there is a dustbin and also the pad vending machine. It also has hooks systems in the doors of a female toilet to hang their bags which has increased the safety among the girls.

3.     Environment-Friendly Systems:

a.     Bio-sand Filter System:

The water demand of the hub is being fulfilled through underground water. The water is not clear and was found to be a little muddy. Hence to purify the water, a bio-sand filter has been used. Thebiosand filter help to maintain the water quality from a groundwater source with high iron content. Groundwater is recharged through rainwater harvesting from the rooftop.

This system has made the water suitable for utilization in the hub for all sanitation purposes. The water has been frequently tested to check its suitability of water in the hub.

b.     Biogas Digestor:

Fecal waste management is a major problem in the cities like Kathmandu Valley. Most of the septic tanks are connected to the river system and those which are not connected are collected by tankers and then finally disposed to the water systems. But the Aerosan Hub has developed a bio gas digestor of 10 cubic meter capacity.