18.11.13

Of vacuum fitted toilets for Railways....

Get ready to use newly designed washrooms fitted with vacuum toilet system, like the one seen in planes, with the railways planning to introduce them on the Delhi-Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi and luxury tourist train Palace on Wheels.
“Swarna Shatabdi is going to be the first train of the Indian Railways to have vacuum toilets and 80 such toilets will be fitted in the train as part of a green initiative undertaken by Railways,” a senior railway ministry official involved with the green toilet project, said. Swarna Shatabdi will be equipped with the toilets at a cost of Rs 25 crore as part of a pilot project, the official said.
The introduction of vacuum toilets in Swarna Shatabdi is being undertaken on a pilot basis, the official said. “The exercise has begun for Palace on Wheels to equip the train with vacuum toilets,” the official said.

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