NEW DELHI:
Indian Railways is all set to make its tracks on two routes free from discharge of waste from toilets by installing environment-friendly zero discharge toilet system in the coaches of the trains running on these sections by October 2.
Gearing up to achieve a unique milestone in the ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission, railways have identified Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya routes in Gujarat to make it “zero toilet discharge” sections.
“Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya section have been identified to be made ‘zero toilet discharge’ sections by October 2 this year,” Railway Board Member (Mechanical) Hemant Kumar said here today.
The zero toilet discharge section envisages all trains passing on that particular route would have bio-toilets which eliminate open discharge of waste on the rail tracks from the existing toilets.
Railways had launched a massive cleaning operation on October 2 last year when the then Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had led from the front by picking up the broom to clean New Delhi station.
Kumar said Jammu-Katra and Manmadurai-Rameswaram sections would be made a fully green one later this year. (AGENCIES)
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