As of May 31, 1,36,965 bio-toilets have been fitted in 37,411 coaches, at a cost of around Rs 1 lakh per toilet, as per PTI.

After installing bio-toilets in almost all the train coaches, the Indian Railways is now mulling to replace them with "upgraded" vacuum bio...

In these bio-toilets, fitted underneath the lavatories, human waste is collected and processed by anaerobic bacteria that converts it mainl...

The CAG, in its report on 'Induction of bio-toilets in passenger coaches', has said that out of the 613 trains being handled in 32 coaching...

About 29 trains consisting of nearly 700 coaches have been provided with bio-toilets to prevent open discharge on the track.

The NFR has installed 1,711 bio toilets in 543 coaches. There are around 3,000 coaches with NFR. It has so far put in Rs 20.53 crore to put...

In order to achieve zero discharge of human waste on the tracks, Western Railway said it has provided bio-toilets in 468 coaches.

Tamil Nadu's first environment friendly bio-toilet has been commissioned at Kappalur Panchayat in the district.

The bio-toilets developed by DRDO would bring about "a revolution" in rural areas, and the government had set its sights on ending open def...

Railways plans to eliminate direct discharge type toilets from its fleet of passenger coaches and replace them with bio-toilets by the end ...

The bio-toilet not only helps in maintaining cleanliness by preventing discharge of human waste on tracks, but in turn also protects the ra...

The bio-toilets, which have been indigenously developed by Indian Railways and DRDO, have been installed for in-service trials in nine trai...

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today made a surprise visit to the New Delhi Railway station to inspect the fitting of bio-toilets on p...

The newly developed bio-toilets being installed in Railways that treat human waste with bacteria will not only address sanitation problem b...

Jairam Ramesh today offered that his Ministry would bear half the cost of retrofitting eco-friendly bio-toilets in all 50000 coaches in fiv...

With the twin objectives of preventing corrosion of tracks and providing odourless toilets to passengers, railways are replacing existing o...

Manufacturing of bio-toilets is likely to be mentioned in the Rail Budget 2012-13 as part of the green initiatives to improve the cleanline...