LooCafe explained

LooCafe - Ixora Corporate Services
Industry:Sanitation
Founder:Abhishek Nath (CEO)
Hq Location City:Hyderabad
Hq Location Country:India
Key People:Vedanth Nath (Head of Innovation)
Parent:Ixora Group

LooCafe is an Indian public toilet model, built out of shipping containers with a point of sale attached with additional features.[1] [2] The company, legally incorporated as Ixora Corporate Services, works in the WASH industry.

LooCafe is designed to end open defecation and public urination onto buildings, sidewalks, or streets,[3] and create access to public toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

History

Founded in 2018 by Abhishek Nath,[4] [5] LooCafe started from Hyderabad and now are currently operational in multiple Indian states and districts,[6] including Jammu and Kashmir,[7] [8] Tamil Nadu[9] [10] and Telangana.[11]

Model

Most public toilets in India fail because of maintenance issues and a variety of government challenges.[12]

LooCafes are designed to be sustainable models because of their business model. Revenue from the café or point of sale helps them sustain the public toilets that are built towards the back out of the shipping container. The usage of IoT devices and facility management technology have also helped them expand their footprint to 350 units across India.[13] In 2019, they won Confederation of Indian Industry awards.[14]

Institutions

LooCafes have worked with the British Council,[15] Hyderabad Design Week,[16] and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).[17] [18]

For their social work[19] a book was also launched titled Toilet Tales.[20] The toilets have operated during the COVID-19 pandemic in India with respect to disinfection work for public facilities.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bhaskar . Anisha Bhatia, Sonia . 2018-07-26 . Hyderabad To Go Swachh With 130 Loo Cafes, Equipped With Smart Toilets, Cafes And ATM Services . 2023-12-09 . NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India . en-US.
  2. Web site: Nitnaware . Himanshu . 2020-12-07 . Hyderabad Man Turns Shipping Containers Into Solar 'Loocafes' With Stink Sensors . 2023-12-09 . The Better India . en-US.
  3. Web site: Jaggard . David . 27 March 2012 . The Flow of History: The Mercifully Dwindling Presence of the Parisian Pissoir . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160720151833/http://www.paris-update.com/fr/hot-topics/cest-ironique/21580-the-flow-of-history-the-mercifully-dwindling-presence-of-the-parisian-pissoir . 20 July 2016 . 18 July 2016 . Paris Update.
  4. Web site: Leader . The Weekend . Unfazed by failures, he built a toilet-cum-cafe chain that became a Rs 18 crore turnover business in just two years . 2023-12-09 . www.theweekendleader.com . English.
  5. Web site: Bhattacharya . Ahana . 2022-10-05 . Loocafé Founder Abhishek Nath shares how they are changing India's public toilet scene . 2023-12-09 . The CSR Journal . en-GB.
  6. News: 2022-06-23 . MC to open 'loo cafés' soon . The Times of India . 2023-12-09 . 0971-8257.
  7. News: Paitandy . Priyadarshini . 2021-05-05 . Comfort stop: Hyderabad-based Loo Café makes its way to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-12-09 . 0971-751X.
  8. News: 2020-09-28 . Hyderabad's Loo Cafes now all set to dot scenic Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir . The Times of India . 2023-12-09 . 0971-8257.
  9. Web site: Bureau . ABP News . 2021-09-05 . Two 'Loo Cafe' To Come Up In Chennai's Landmark Places By Month End . 2023-12-09 . news.abplive.com . en.
  10. News: Kandavel . Sangeetha . 2022-05-12 . Chennai's first free luxury toilet with a cafe attached opened at Indira Nagar MRTS . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-12-09 . 0971-751X.
  11. News: Hyderabad: Now, loo cafes in Hi-tech city . .
  12. News: 2019-03-18 . India's toilets: Report questions claims that rural areas are free from open defecation . en-GB . 2023-12-09.
  13. Web site: Hussain . Mohammed . 2020-05-29 . Loocafe 2.0 will soon feature across India . 2023-12-09 . The Siasat Daily – Archive . en-US.
  14. Web site: CII Awards - Home . 2023-12-09 . www.innovationawards.ciiinnovation.in.
  15. Web site: Loo Café x Water Loop Video Blog ADF British Council . 2023-12-09 . design.britishcouncil.org.
  16. Web site: 2019-10-08 . Hyderabad Design Week will showcase the city's entrepreneurial skills in offering global solutions . 2023-12-09 . The Indian Express . en.
  17. News: 'With paltry rent, Loo cafes minting profits'. The Times of India . April 13, 2019.
  18. Web site: Loo Cafe in GHMC-Maud tussle. 23 January 2019. Deccan Chronicle.
  19. News: Thomas . Liffy . 2023-11-21 . World Toilet Day: changing the narrative . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-12-14 . 0971-751X.
  20. Web site: Kosuru . Amrutha . 2022-05-07 . 28 Toilet Tales highlight entrepreneurial dedication to transform public toilets . 2023-12-09 . newsmeter.in . en.
  21. News: ANI . Telangana sets up 'Loo Cafe' with options of disinfection, sanitization amid coronavirus pandemic . .

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