Railways mulls vacuum toilets in trainsRailway Minister Piyush Goyal today conceded that vacuum toilets could be an alternative to bio-toilets, which he said had issues of bad od...
22 Feb, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
Railways gets Rs 1656 crore for installing bio-toilets and CCTVsAt present, the railways has CCTV systems at around 100 stations and according to the plan, all major stations will be put under the survei...
09 Oct, 2016, 05.57 PM IST
Manmadurai-Rameswaram rail track to become first green corridorIn the second phase, "Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya section in Gujarat have been identified to be made zero toilet discharge ...
08 May, 2016, 12.04 PM IST
Railways' first vacuum toilets on trial in Dibrugarh Rajdhani from MondayFitted in the First AC coach at an estimated cost of about Rs 3 lakh, the vucuum toilet is also equipped with the bio-digester system.
13 Sep, 2015, 05.00 PM IST
Railways to make two Gujarat routes 'zero toilet discharge' by October 2Railway Board's Hemant Kumar said the Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya section have been identified to be made the 'zero toilet ...
16 Jun, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Rail Budget: Introduction of vacuum toilets likelyOfficial said that since vacuum toilet consumes one-fourth less water than existing lavatories, Railways is keen to try it in some selected...
01 Feb, 2015, 02.03 PM IST
Stone India's new business to contribute 35% to turnover in FY15G P Goenka group company Stone India expects that new businesses will contribute around 35% to its turnover this fiscal from almost nil in ...
16 Nov, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
Railways to have bio-toilets in all coaches by 2021-22: GovernmentThere are many trains including Mahanagri Express,Bundelkhand Express, Mussoorie Express,which have been partially equipped with bio toilet...
14 Aug, 2014, 04.44 PM IST
Railways to have bio-toilets in all trains by 2022Railways plans to eliminate direct discharge type toilets from its fleet of passenger coaches and replace them with bio-toilets by the end ...
21 Jul, 2014, 09.18 PM IST
Bio-toilets to prevent corrosion of rail tracksDelhi city division to get 3,000 such toilets this year.
11 Jun, 2013, 12.29 PM IST
Railways to set up bacteria generation plants for bio toiletsRailways is setting up a bacteria generation plant at the Rail Coach Factory here to meet the requirement of bio toilets in trains.
13 Sep, 2012, 12.43 PM IST
- Bio-toilets in trains to prevent track corrosion
With the twin objectives of preventing corrosion of tracks and providing odourless toilets to passengers, railways are replacing existing o...
19 Jul, 2012, 10.48 AM IST
- Jairam Ramesh appreciates unique bio-toilets produced by DRDO
Ramesh pointed out the beenfit of this technology can bring a significant change in the quality of life of people, mainly in rural areas, a...
24 Jun, 2012, 06.27 PM IST
- Stung by Jairam Ramesh's remarks, DRDO offers bio-toilets for villages
At least 1000 gram panchayats across the country will soon have odourless bio-toilets-- thanks to defence research agency DRDO
21 Jun, 2012, 10.49 PM IST
- Rail budget 2012: RCF Kapurthala to install 1,300 Green toilets
RCF Kapurthala will install around 1,300 bio-toilets in various trains during the current fiscal year, in line with the proposal made in th...
15 Mar, 2012, 08.29 PM IST
Rail Budget 2012-13: Green toilets to be installed in 2,500 coachesTrivedi said the Railways was duty bound to provide high standard of services and the it would set up special housekeeping body for station...
14 Mar, 2012, 02.27 PM IST
Rail Budget 2012: Railways set to manufacture 2,500 'odourless' bio-toiletsManufacturing of bio-toilets is likely to be mentioned in the Rail Budget 2012-13 as part of the green initiatives to improve the cleanline...
04 Mar, 2012, 12.01 PM IST