Kathmandu, Jan. 24 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has come up with yet another ambitious plan to make Kathmandu a 'smart city': it now aims to construct 'smart public toilets' in the metropolis.

Following the announcement, town planners started criticising the decision by calling it just another 'pretentious, hollow' promise by the body to deceive the public. Critics of the move are sceptical whether the metropolis will be able to pull this move off, considering it has failed to deliver on all its promises till date and has been unsuccessful in managing existing public toilets that offer basic facilities.

"Smart public toilets are necessary, but their feasibility must be tested before they are rolled out. The metropolis has made a l...