NITTTR, Bhopal develops multifunctional railway track scavenging vehicleA display unit is provided for real-time control of the cleaning under drastically changing environment. It requires only one person along ...
05 Apr, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
View: Indian Railways must match its climate credentials with waste managementPersonally, I love long train journeys. Travelling on the Coromandel Express from Howrah to Chennai, Netravati Express from Mangalore to Mu...
09 Feb, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Now, railways to carry out cleanliness survey of tracksAll-out efforts will be made to keep the tracks clean as well as part of the government's ongoing cleanliness campaign, said a senior railw...
21 May, 2017, 02.33 PM IST
Railways adds 175 km long track to green train corridorsRailways have taken up a mammoth task of providing human discharge free bio-toilets in all its coaches to make the entire railway track a g...
18 Oct, 2016, 08.22 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu to launch first discharge free rail corridor tomorrowAccordingly, 10 passenger trains consisting of 286 coaches moving in the section have been provided with bio-toilets enabling the rail corr...
23 Jul, 2016, 08.39 PM IST
Impose Rs 5,000 fine for littering track: NGT to RailwaysThe National Green Tribunal has directed the Railways to strictly impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those throwing waste on rail tracks and act ag...
04 Jul, 2016, 06.56 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
NGT slams Railways over human defecation, other waste on tracksComing down heavily on Railways, it asked the PSU behemoth to impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those defecating and throwing waste on tracks.
14 Feb, 2016, 09.05 AM IST
Railways plans green toilets for clean trains, stationsStinking toilets in trains may soon become a thing of the past. Indian Railways is gearing up to replace all conventional toilets in the tr...
03 Oct, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
Over Rs 9 crore realised as penalty for littering rail premisesRailways collected over Rs nine crore as penalty as over ten lakh people were fined for littering station premises from 2013 to June 30 thi...
27 Jul, 2015, 09.58 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
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
Biotoilets in trains will address safety issues as well: Jairam RameshThe newly developed bio-toilets being installed in Railways that treat human waste with bacteria will not only address sanitation problem b...
19 Sep, 2012, 08.15 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
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