NDMC constructs pink toilets with baby feeding facility

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it has constructed two pink toilets exclusively for ladies where baby feeding facility has been provided.

NDMC told a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao that one pink toilet has been constructed at Parliament Street and other in the outer circle of Connaught Place.

The bench, which was hearing a plea filed by a nine-month-old Avyaan through his mother Neha Rastogi and advocate Animesh Rastogi seeking court's intervention in providing adequate facilities to lactating mothers and infants in the country, posted the matter for further hearing on February 13 2019.

"Women's Right to Privacy is hampered due to lack of breastfeeding facilities at public places. Women are harassed and mocked by the public at large," the petitioner said.

"Breastfeeding in public has become a debatable issue when mothers find it difficult to manage to nurse during travelling. Breastfeeding in public is still a state of awkwardness among many young moms."

The NDMC told the court that it is supporting the cause and its departments concerned are conducting survey and discussion to assess the feasibility of providing the baby feeding facility at public places like the park, bus stand and community halls.