India, April 6 -- The Public Works Department (PWD) floated a tender to install sanitary pads vending machines in the district's court complex on Saturday as part of efforts to improve sanitary facilities, officials said on Sunday.

Bids from private agencies will be accepted until April 13, after which a technical evaluation of the Rs.5 lakh tender will be conducted, said officials, adding that similar processes are underway at several of the city's civil and labour courts.

According to the tender, available on the Haryana government's official website,10 sanitary pad vending-cum-incinerator machines will be installed in the existing women's washrooms. Each machine will be stocked for a year, with an estimated 3,000 units per machine an...