Troubles with toilets at Tribhuvan University: When they will end remains unanswered for years

Around two weeks ago, despite the widespread demand on social media to cancel the exams , given the impending Covid-19 crisis, thousands of students of the Tribhuvan University reached the university premises to take the exams. But while fighting against one life-threatening problem, there was another issue that the students were struggling through: to get their basic right to urinate in a safe and hygienic manner.

Sujita Sapkota, a third-semester student of the Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication [Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus], was one of those students who reached the university’s headquarters in Kirtipur for her exams. “Firstly, it was a hassle to find a toilet there, and when we found one, we entered the boys’ section as there was no clear indication outside. Embarrassed, we found our way to the girls’ section, but the situation was so dire inside that I could not control and vomit.”