Railways installs bio-toilets across 68,000 coaches

As a part of the “Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat” initiative, the Indian Railways has successfully installed bio-toilets across 68,000 coaches.

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Indian Railways said in a statement, “
A total of 49,487 bio-toilets have been installed in 14,916 coaches during 2019-20. This takes the cumulative number of bio-toilets to more than 2,45,400 fitted in 68,800 coaches with a 100% coverage.”

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This comes at a time when the country is dealing with a serious health crisis caused by the deadly Coronavirus, and the only cure to this fast-spreading disease is ‘cleanliness’ and ‘proper hygiene’.

While cleanliness remains the most important step, sustainable use of resources is also being taken care of. To achieve the goal, comprehensive policy guidelines have been issued by the Indian Railways for the installation of plastic bottle crushing machines.