In a bid to provide a safe heath and sanitation for the women, a group of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) student has created a cheap and affordable device —Sanfe- stand and pee’ for the women to have a nature’s call in the public toilets.
Marking the World Toilet Day, the IIT-D incubated start-up launched this device on Monday called Sanfe. The device will protect the women from diseases such as Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) cause due to poor sanitation and unhygienic condition of the public toilets.
“Dirty public toilets anywhere in the world are a big problem especially for women. In emergency one use the unhygienic public toilet and many suffer from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) by using public toilets. Witnessing the problems faced by our own mother, sister and female friends, we thought to create a product to help and protect them from facing such painful problems,” said Archit Agarwal, co-founder of Sanfe, is also a final year B.Tech student, IIT.
The device was developed by the two B.Tech final year students Archit Agarwal, Harry Sehrawat including Srinivas Venkataraman from the Department of Design.
The pee-safe device which was tested and approved by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be available for just Rs 10 With launching the device the team has also launched a campaign -’Stand Up For Yourself’ to aware the women about safe pee and sanitation.
“Lack of hygiene in public washrooms exposes one out of every two women to Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). With this female stand and pee device one can maintain a safe distance from the toilet seats and protect themselves from the possibility of getting infected. Also, around 100,000 free samples will distribute to women across the country, “said Harry Sehrawat.
The product will be further very useful for pregnant women, women with arthritis, physically disabled at public toilets at railway stations, trains, bus terminals.
“Innovation needs to be accessible, affordable and sustainable. It’s high time for women to stand up and improve their hygiene level,” said Professor Srinivasan Venkataraman.
