MANGALURU: Even because the ministry of railways is pushing for vacuum bio-toilets in all coaches, Palakkad department of Southern Railway (SR) has retrofitted all 552 coaches owned through it with bio-toilets.
Bio-toilets are geared toward eliminating discharge of human waste along railway tracks and likewise ensuring that railway stations, no longer simply within the department, however around the zonal railway are clean, stated Pratap Singh Shami, divisional railway manager
Incidentally, the ministry had asked all zones and divisions to retrofit bio-toilets on all coaches through December 31 within the challenge where excreta are accrued in tanks fitted beneath the toilets. This is transformed into methane and water with the help of bacteria, warding off spillage waste within the open and along tracks. Southern Railway has fitted bio-toilets on five,443 out of its 6,603 coaches and ministry plans to suit bio-toilets on 80,000 coaches throughout zones.
Sections of Southern Railway – Rameshwaram-Manamadurai, Tiruchirapalli-Manamadurai, Shoranur-Nilambur, and so forth had been acknowledged as green train corridors with trains plying on these sections fitted with bio-toilets and having zero discharge on tracks. SR has outsourced sanitisation contracts, together with cleaning of manner roads, circulating spaces and station premises thru mechanised cleaning at common durations, Shami stated.
Giving higher thrust to overall hygiene and cleanliness on their premises, the department and SR along with bio-toilets, is operating towards offering On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS). OBHS has been equipped on board as many as 102 trains of the zonal railway to ensure cleanliness and hygiene of coaches in working trains. This will be supplemented through trainer mitra that has been offered in all of the 102 trains covered below OBHS.
Coach Mitras maintain lawsuits on linen, water availability, small repairs, pest keep watch over/ disinfectants, besides trainer cleaning necessities, Shami stated, adding passengers want to text their lawsuits to coach mitra dedicated helpline quantity 9821736069 bringing up their PNR quantity. Incidentally, as many as 10 trains within the department are supplied with OBHS, Shami stated, adding the power will be extended to more trains within the near long run.
Bio-toilets are geared toward eliminating discharge of human waste along railway tracks and likewise ensuring that railway stations, no longer simply within the department, however around the zonal railway are clean, stated Pratap Singh Shami, divisional railway manager
Incidentally, the ministry had asked all zones and divisions to retrofit bio-toilets on all coaches through December 31 within the challenge where excreta are accrued in tanks fitted beneath the toilets. This is transformed into methane and water with the help of bacteria, warding off spillage waste within the open and along tracks. Southern Railway has fitted bio-toilets on five,443 out of its 6,603 coaches and ministry plans to suit bio-toilets on 80,000 coaches throughout zones.
Sections of Southern Railway – Rameshwaram-Manamadurai, Tiruchirapalli-Manamadurai, Shoranur-Nilambur, and so forth had been acknowledged as green train corridors with trains plying on these sections fitted with bio-toilets and having zero discharge on tracks. SR has outsourced sanitisation contracts, together with cleaning of manner roads, circulating spaces and station premises thru mechanised cleaning at common durations, Shami stated.
Giving higher thrust to overall hygiene and cleanliness on their premises, the department and SR along with bio-toilets, is operating towards offering On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS). OBHS has been equipped on board as many as 102 trains of the zonal railway to ensure cleanliness and hygiene of coaches in working trains. This will be supplemented through trainer mitra that has been offered in all of the 102 trains covered below OBHS.
Coach Mitras maintain lawsuits on linen, water availability, small repairs, pest keep watch over/ disinfectants, besides trainer cleaning necessities, Shami stated, adding passengers want to text their lawsuits to coach mitra dedicated helpline quantity 9821736069 bringing up their PNR quantity. Incidentally, as many as 10 trains within the department are supplied with OBHS, Shami stated, adding the power will be extended to more trains within the near long run.
Palakkad division pushes for green tracks
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