The Rhône prefecture ordered the JCDecaux group, which closed the 46 public toilets it operates in Lyon on the first day of confinement, to reopen 10 so that the homeless can use them.
The town hall had asked the company several times, to no avail, says the prefectural decree taken Monday and which comes into force on Tuesday, revealed by the information site Lyon Capitale and consulted by AFP.
Attack on public health and the health of the homeless
The State services consider that the closure, on the initiative of the company, of all of the self-service and free access sanisettes that it manages within the framework of a contract with the city, a manifest attack on public health and the health of homeless people ”.
"Public toilets are essential equipment for maintaining hygiene and public health", continues the decree. “They constitute one of the only possibilities for the homeless population to access a water point for basic hygiene. "
"The situation can only get worse without an urgent reopening of this equipment," say the state services, whose requisition order runs for the time until April 15, under penalty of sanctions.
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