Railways gears up for green toilets for passengers coaches
In an attempt to do away with the prevalent open discharge system, the Indian Railways will introduce green toilet system in all its passenger coaches.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to do away with the prevalent open discharge system, the Indian Railways will introduce green toilet system in all its passenger coaches.
"Our aim is to do away with the conventional toilets that are operational in passenger coaches in the interest of environment protection, cleanliness and sanitation," said a senior railway official.
Railway authorities are exploring three kinds of system; controlled discharge, biodegradable and vacuum retention toilet.
"To begin with we have introduced the controlled discharge toilet system in some coaches. The system ensures that waste from the toilets are discharged onto the track beyond a predetermined speed of the train. Which means waste is discharged beyond stations and not within the premises of the stations," said the official.
Vacuum retention toilet, which are used in airplanes, works on vacuum assisted suction of waste. Its retention in an underslung storage tank and final evacuation is at terminals through a ground installation provided for the purpose.
"We have called for a tender and currently technical evaluation is going on. Depending on its technical assessment we will take the next step for using it in certain coaches," said the official.
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