Lok Sabha Question No. 360 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Green Train Corridor
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## GREEN TRAIN CORRIDOR

*360. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)    the total number of coaches which have already been provided with bio-toilets along with the expenditure involved therein;

(b)    whether the Government has recently inaugurated 'First Green Train  Corridor  namely  Rameshwaram-Manamadurai' free from human waste discharge and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  for  providing human discharge free bio-toilets in  all  its  coaches  and  if  so, the time by which the said target will be achieved;

- (d) the  total  expenditure  likely  to  be  expended  for  the  purpose; and

(e) the  other  steps    taken/being  taken    by  the  Government    for improving cleanliness and to provide hygienic environment to passengers?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 360 BY SHRI SATAV RAJEEV AND SHRI BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 10.08.2016 REGARDING GREEN TRAIN CORRIDOR.

- a)  Approximately 12,000 coaches have been already provided with Bio-toilets for which an expenditure of ₹ 375 crores approximately has been incurred.
2. (b)  Yes,  Madam.  Rameshwaram-Manamadurai section  has  recently been inaugurated on 24.07.2016 as 'First Green Train Corridor' free from human waste discharge.  All the passenger coaches running in this  section  have  been  fitted  with  the  'bio-toilets'  and  no  human waste is discharged on the track.
3. (c) & (d) Yes, Madam. Target has been set by Indian Railways to fit bio-toilets in the entire fleet of coaches by the year 2021-22 and the total  expenditure  of ₹ 3350  crores  approximately  is  likely  to  be spent for this purpose.
4. (e)  For  improving  upon  the  standards  of  cleanliness  and  hygienic environment to  the  passengers  in  the  coaches  of  trains,  schemes like,  Clean  My  Coach,  Intensive  mechanized  cleaning  of  trains  in maintenance depots, On Board House-Keeping Services (OBHS) for cleaning of coaches on run and cleaning attention to trains during their  stoppage  at  'Clean  Train  Stations'  etc.  have  been  launched. Further,  Railway  has  taken  various  measures  for  cleanliness  of stations,  tracks  and  trains.  Measures  included  special  awareness campaigns  on  proper  use  of  bio  toilets  in  trains,  proliferation  of efforts to provide garbage bags, provision of dustbins in new sleeper coaches, action on complaints sent through Web/SMS, enforcement of Anti-littering Rules etc.

Sardar  Patel  United  Clean  India  Drive  was  undertaken  in  October' 2015  with  focus  on  cleanliness  of  railway  stations  and  trains. Special intensive cleanliness drives at major stations and awareness campaigns to educate users on cleanliness at stations have also been undertaken by Zonal Railways. Besides, 44 mechanized laundries have so far been set up at various locations  across  Indian  Railways  to  provide  clean  and  hygienic bedrolls to the passengers in trains .

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