Railways to have bio toilets by 2019
Posted on: 07/Jun/2016 4:39:54 PM
The Indian Railways has said that will be install bio toilets in all coaches to ensure that the entire rail network is a zero discharge zone. They have targeted 2019 as the outer limit of time to complete the project.
Speaking at a function to commemorate World Environment Day, the Chairman of the Railway Board said, Our target was to install bio-toilets in all our coaches by 2021. But now we have advanced it to 2019. According to the action plan, railways will install 1.40 lakh bio-toilets in about 55,000 coaches in the next three years. Railways has installed about 37,000 bio-toilets in coaches till now.
There is a need to save every drop of water. Whether it is for horticulture purpose, washing platforms or coaches potable water should not be used. Washing plants are being set up to recycle water. Our target is to reach 200 million litres per day by setting up more such plants at major stations in the coming years. It is very important to reduce the emission level through use of clean fuel and also by increasing rail share in transportation. There is also a move to shift road traffic to rail and for that investment in rail infrastructure has increased in comparison to the past.
