Lok Sabha Question No. 4357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Installation of Bio-Toilets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4357 TO BE  ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## INSTALLATION OF BIO-TOILETS

## 4357.    SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to complete installation of biotoilets  in  all  the  trains  by  December,  2018  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b)  the percentage of trains where bio-toilets have been installed as on date and the details of the same;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  serious  note  of  the  study conducted and submitted to them by IIT-Madras which has found that the bio-toilets are ineffective and ill maintained and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the other measures being taken by the Government to rectify the
- issues concerned with the bio-toilets?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) The earlier plan to install bio-toilets in the entire fleet of coaches by  the  year  2021-22  has  been  advanced  to  the  year  2019.    Further, Indian  Railways  has  set  in-house  target  to  complete  the  work  of installation of bio-toilets in all coaches by June 2019.
- (b)  As  of  now,  approximately  60%  of  the  total  passenger  carrying coaches over Indian Railways have been installed with bio-toilets. List

of  some  of  the  trains  having  coaches  equipped  with  bio-toilets  is appended. (c) No such study on bio-toilets in coaches has been conducted and submitted to Indian Railways by IIT-Madras. (d)  Indian  Railways  are  taking  all  the  necessary  steps  to  ensure proper  and  smooth  functioning  of  bio-toilets  in  all  the  trains.  For proper use of bio-toilets by esteemed passengers, vigorous awareness drive has been launched.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4357 BY SHRI VINCENT H. PALA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.03.2018  REGARDING  INSTALLATION OF BIOTOILETS:

(b):  List  of  some  of  the  trains  having  coaches  equipped  with  biotoilets:

| Zonal Railways   | Trains                                                                                                                                    |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Central          | 22135/36 Nagpur-Rewa Superfast Express, 22119/20 Mumbai CSTM-Karmali Tejas Express, 12131/32 Dadar-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express.              |
| East Coast       | 18401/02 Puri-Okha Express, 18496/95 Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express, 12898/97 Bhubaneswar-Pondicherry Express.                            |
| East Central     | 55575/76 Darbhanga-Biraul Passenger, 13241/42 Banka-Rajendra Nagar Intercity Express, 12355/56 Rajendra Nagar-Jammu Tawi Archana Express. |
| Eastern          | 12343/44 Darjeeling Mail, 12377/78 Padatik Express, 12345/46 Saraighat Express.                                                           |
| North Central    | 22431/32 Allahabad-Udhampur Express, 12417/18 Prayagraj Express, 11107/08 Bundelkhand Express.                                            |

| Zonal Railways     | Trains                                                                                                                                                  |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| North Eastern      | 15045/46 Gorakhpur-Okha Express, 15119/20 Manduadih-Rameswaram Express, 12595/96 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Hamsafar Express.                       |
| Northeast Frontier | 15635/36 Okha-Guwahati Express, 15647/48 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Guwahati Express, 15717/18 Guwahati-Mariani Intercity Express.                              |
| Northern           | 14611/12 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Ghazipur City Express, 14609/10 Hemkunt Express , 12471/72 Swaraj Express.                                        |
| North Western      | 22497/98 Shri Ganganagar-Tiruchchirappalli Humsafar Express, 14889/90 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Munabao Thar Express, 14811/12 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sikar Express. |
| South Central      | 12757/58 Secunderabad-Sirpur Kaghaznagar Express, 17019/20 Hyderabad-Jaipur Express, 12721/22 Hyderabad-Nizamuddin Dakshin Express.                     |
| South East Central | 18241/42 Durg-Ambikapur Express, 18247/48 Bilaspur-Rewa Express, 58219/20 Bilaspur-Chirmiri Express.                                                    |

| Zonal Railways   | Trains                                                                                                                                                |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| South Eastern    | 18007/08 Shalimar-Vanjapur Intercity Express, 22877/78 Howrah-Ernakulam Antyodaya Express, 22887/88 Howrah-Yesvantpur Humsafar Express.               |
| Southern         | 12635/36 Chennai Egmore-Madurai Vaigai Express, 12605/06 Chennai Egmore-Karaikudi Pallavan Express, 22661/62 Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Sethu Express. |
| South Western    | 16589/90 Rani Channamma Express, 12627/28 Karnataka Express, 16501/02 Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur Express.                                                   |
| West Central     | 12121/22 Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express, 11449/50 Jabalpur-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 12193/94 Jabalpur-Yesvantpur Express.         |
| Western          | 22969/70 Okha-Varanasi Express, 19573/74 Okha-Jaipur Express, 19565/66 Okha-Dehradun Uttaranchal Express.                                             |

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