Lack of accessible, safe public toilet infrastructure affects lower-income groups and women disproportionately – violating their basic rights and dignity. As an administrator intent on enabling equal access to essential services, Hari Chandana spearheaded technology-enabled SHE Toilets custom designed for the needs of women and vulnerable sections.

Bridging Sanitation Infrastructure Gaps

During her municipal leadership stint, Hari Chandana confronted the sheer absence of secure, hygienic restroom facilities for women and children across Hyderabad. Defying conventions relying on grants, she envisioned modular SHE Toilet complexes with attached commercial viability for ensuring continuous maintenance. #SocialInnovation

Co-Creating Inclusive Design Solutions

Hari Chandana engaged directly with women groups and welfare associations across neighborhoods to understand pain points around public washrooms access. Safety provisions including contactless features, ramps, baby care utilities got translated into inclusive design fixes across SHE Toilets catering to women, children and disabled groups. #SocialImpact

Embedding Operational Empowerment

Hari Chandana tapped marginalized women self-help groups for managing SHE Toilet facilities as sanitation entrepreneurs – enabling livelihood opportunities while delivering essential public services. The model interlinks financial upliftment of caretakers with safe, dignified access for users. #WomensEmpowerment

A Scaled Governance Innovation

The self-sustaining adoption success of SHE Toilets on leased municipal land has seen over 500 such facilities implemented across Hyderabad until now. Hari Chandana proved viability of contexts where private maintenance interests align wholly with public welfare – improving ease of living through governance innovation. #GovernanceReforms #BritishCouncil