NEW DELHI: In a move that will bring relief to highway travellers, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) wants around 12,000 petrol pumps along the network to provide proper toilet facilities. It has told the oil companies that they can take nominal user charge, but must ensure hygiene and maintenance. At present, it's mandatory for petrol pumps along the national highways to provide such facilities without any charge. But in most of the cases toilets are in bad shape and there is hardly any maintenance. “So, we are now set ting a standard for such facilities and defining what all must be there in a toilet complex,“ NHAI chairman Raghav Chandra told TOI.Sources said NHAI chief held a long meeting with the top representatives from major oil companies including IOC BPCL and HPCL on Wednesday to find a way out to this mess. They added that photographs of some of the toilets were shown to the representatives to highlight how ensuring clean facilities is a low priority for petrol pump owners.“We have shared the designs and details of toilets,“ said an official. The gents' section must have four urinals with auto manual flushing system, one Indian water closet (IWC) and one of European style (EWC).Similarly , the women's section must have one IWC and one EWC. In each case, three wash basins must be provided.Officials said representatives of oil companies pointed out how they have to spend a good amount to upgrade the toilets and at present CSR fund cannot be used for taking up such work. They said NHAI will take up this issue with the petroleum ministry to find a way out.Highway ministry officials said that soon a programme to set up complexes to provide highway amenities will be launched.