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Andhra Scientist Develops Cheaper Alternative To Bio-Toilets For Railways
An Andhra-based scientist has developed an automated technology for the collection of toilet waste, which is seven times cheaper alternative to the bio-toilets, and will be used to maintain the toilet system of the Indian Railways, said the Centre.
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NGO Installs Bio-Toilets At Delhi Border For Women At Farmers' Protest
With more women joining the farmers' protest at the Singhu border over the last few days, an NGO is installing bio-toilets made using recycled material to ensure that they don''t have to worry about the lack of basic amenities.
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"Need For Speed": Railway Minister Declares Train 18 Fastest In India
Train 18, an ingenuously built engineless train, has officially become the fastest train in the country after it managed to cruise at a sustained speed of 180 km per hour during a trial run.
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Goa Government To Install 60,000 Bio Toilets To Stop Open Defecation
The Goa government will install 60,000 bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 280 crore to make the state open defecation free (ODF), Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today.
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Railways Experimenting Airplane-Like Toilets In Trains: Piyush Goyal
After installing bio-toilets in almost all the train coaches, the Indian Railways is now mulling to replace them with "upgraded" vacuum bio-toilets, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said.
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IIT-Kharagpur Develops Self-Sustainable Bio-Toilet
Scientists at the civil engineering department of IIT-Kharagpur have developed an award-winning bio-toilet that recycles waste water for its reuse and generates electricity.
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All Trains To Have Bio-Toilets By March 2019
The government today said it plans to complete the work of installing bio-toilets in all passenger trains by March 2019.
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From January, Trains To Get Aircraft-Type Bio-Vacuum Toilets
Stinking and non-functioning toilets on Indian Railways -- one of the world's largest rail networks -- may soon become a thing of the past. The national transporter is upgrading its bio-toilets to imported bio-vacuum toilets -- the kind found in aircraft -- an official said.
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Facelift For 40,000 Railway Coaches With Swanky New Interiors, Bio-Toilets At Estimated Cost Of Rs 8,000 crores
Refurbished coaches will have improved interiors, upgraded facilities, improved seating arrangement and newly designed bio-toilets. Railways will also manufacture 15,000 new coaches with modern features during 2018-19 and 2022-23 periods.
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IIT Roorkee Students To Raise Rs 50 Lakh For Bio-Toilets At Ganga Ghats
Students at IIT-Roorkee have taken to crowdfunding to raise Rs 50 lakh for building bio-toilets on the ghats of river Ganga and design drones to monitor water pollution as their contribution to "Clean Ganga" campaign.
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Bio-Toilets To Be Installed In Trains Running In Kerala
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Monday assured the Kerala government that efforts would be made to install bio toilets in trains running in the state as it has been declared open defecation free.
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Railways Gets Rs 1,656 Crore For Installing Bio-Toilets, Cameras
In a boost to the railways' cleanliness and safety drives, the cash-strapped public transporter has received Rs 1,655 crore from the government for the installation of CCTVs at stations and bio-toilets in trains across the country.
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India's First Green Rail Corridor Launched In Tamil Nadu
The nation's first Green Rail Corridor, a 114-km long Rameswaram-Manamadurai stretch in Tamil Nadu which ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks, was today inaugurated by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu.
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Railways Rolls Out Deen Dayalu Coach For General Class
To improve quality of travelling in general class, Railways today rolled out its first modern unreserved coach 'Deen Dayalu' with facilities like potable drinking water, mobile charging points and bio-toilets among others to be used in mail and express trains.
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Indian Railways Announces AC Coach For DEMU Train
Indian Railways has developed its first air-conditioned coach for its diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains, an official statement said on Thursday.
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Andhra Scientist Develops Cheaper Alternative To Bio-Toilets For Railways
An Andhra-based scientist has developed an automated technology for the collection of toilet waste, which is seven times cheaper alternative to the bio-toilets, and will be used to maintain the toilet system of the Indian Railways, said the Centre.
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NGO Installs Bio-Toilets At Delhi Border For Women At Farmers' Protest
With more women joining the farmers' protest at the Singhu border over the last few days, an NGO is installing bio-toilets made using recycled material to ensure that they don''t have to worry about the lack of basic amenities.
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"Need For Speed": Railway Minister Declares Train 18 Fastest In India
Train 18, an ingenuously built engineless train, has officially become the fastest train in the country after it managed to cruise at a sustained speed of 180 km per hour during a trial run.
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Goa Government To Install 60,000 Bio Toilets To Stop Open Defecation
The Goa government will install 60,000 bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 280 crore to make the state open defecation free (ODF), Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today.
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Railways Experimenting Airplane-Like Toilets In Trains: Piyush Goyal
After installing bio-toilets in almost all the train coaches, the Indian Railways is now mulling to replace them with "upgraded" vacuum bio-toilets, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said.
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IIT-Kharagpur Develops Self-Sustainable Bio-Toilet
Scientists at the civil engineering department of IIT-Kharagpur have developed an award-winning bio-toilet that recycles waste water for its reuse and generates electricity.
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All Trains To Have Bio-Toilets By March 2019
The government today said it plans to complete the work of installing bio-toilets in all passenger trains by March 2019.
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From January, Trains To Get Aircraft-Type Bio-Vacuum Toilets
Stinking and non-functioning toilets on Indian Railways -- one of the world's largest rail networks -- may soon become a thing of the past. The national transporter is upgrading its bio-toilets to imported bio-vacuum toilets -- the kind found in aircraft -- an official said.
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Facelift For 40,000 Railway Coaches With Swanky New Interiors, Bio-Toilets At Estimated Cost Of Rs 8,000 crores
Refurbished coaches will have improved interiors, upgraded facilities, improved seating arrangement and newly designed bio-toilets. Railways will also manufacture 15,000 new coaches with modern features during 2018-19 and 2022-23 periods.
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IIT Roorkee Students To Raise Rs 50 Lakh For Bio-Toilets At Ganga Ghats
Students at IIT-Roorkee have taken to crowdfunding to raise Rs 50 lakh for building bio-toilets on the ghats of river Ganga and design drones to monitor water pollution as their contribution to "Clean Ganga" campaign.
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Bio-Toilets To Be Installed In Trains Running In Kerala
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Monday assured the Kerala government that efforts would be made to install bio toilets in trains running in the state as it has been declared open defecation free.
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Railways Gets Rs 1,656 Crore For Installing Bio-Toilets, Cameras
In a boost to the railways' cleanliness and safety drives, the cash-strapped public transporter has received Rs 1,655 crore from the government for the installation of CCTVs at stations and bio-toilets in trains across the country.
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India's First Green Rail Corridor Launched In Tamil Nadu
The nation's first Green Rail Corridor, a 114-km long Rameswaram-Manamadurai stretch in Tamil Nadu which ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks, was today inaugurated by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu.
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Railways Rolls Out Deen Dayalu Coach For General Class
To improve quality of travelling in general class, Railways today rolled out its first modern unreserved coach 'Deen Dayalu' with facilities like potable drinking water, mobile charging points and bio-toilets among others to be used in mail and express trains.
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Indian Railways Announces AC Coach For DEMU Train
Indian Railways has developed its first air-conditioned coach for its diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains, an official statement said on Thursday.
