Civic body sets up its first women & childcare facility
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Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set up a 450 sqft women and childcare facility on Freeschool Street. Funded by the state govt, the Rs 22 lakh facility will cater exclusively to women requiring urgent nursing spaces.
This is the first such facility to be built by the civic body.
"We have built the structure to serve a dual purpose. Working women can use it as a washroom, and we have also kept a portion of the facility reserved for women who need to feed their infants," said a representative from the KMC bustee services department, which oversaw the construction.
The KMC plans to establish at least 20 more such facilities in the near future, and ultimately, one in each of its 144 wards. A civic official acknowledged that land availability posed a significant challenge but added that the civic body will try to find plots to set up the centres.
A civic official said these facilities will be accessible to the public without any charge.
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