Key Features of Hub
1.
Neo Infrastructure
This
Hub has two male cubicles 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 3 cubicles. The cubicles and urinals are equipped with a sensor-based
auto flush system to maintain cleanliness after each use. The hub also consists
of the sensor light and turbo ventilation fan for fresh air circulation. The
handwash stations are also sensor-based supported by the liquid soap auto
dispenser, sensor-based hand drier to promote a touchless handwashing
experience and mitigate the contamination of germs like Covid 19. Signage in
two languages, English and Nepali is present in the hub for the knowledge of
these neo infrastructure to the hub users.
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 the 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 and the safety pad disposal machines are available. 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. There is also a
diaper changing area for the babies and also the breast-feeding station in the
female compartment.
3.
Environment-Friendly Systems:
a. Rainwater
Harvesting System: Rainwater is the purest form of water. But the proper
utilization of rainwater is very little. The hub consists of rainwater
harvesting system for the better utilization of the water at the hub. The hub
consists of a 600 sq ft catchment area for rainwater collection with 12000
liters of the storage tank. The rooftop rainwater is collected through the sky water
filter that removes the debris and works as a first flush.
c. 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 meters.
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