Installing Bio-Toilets In Train Coaches

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS 

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO . 756

ANSWERED ON 05.08.2011

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-

(a) whether it is a fact that Railways propose to install bio-toilets in train coaches to get rid of manual scavenging on railway tracks across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) by when it is likely to take off?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)
(a) Yes, Sir. Indian Railways has proposed to install bio-toilets in train coaches with a view to develop designs suitable for Indian Railways conditions.

(b) & (c) Approximately 130 bio-toilets have been installed in coaches on Indian Railways and are under trial. Extended trials on several rakes are already planned. Further propagation will be done as per results of the trials. 

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