Lok Sabha Question No. 465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Bio-Toilets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2016

## BIO-TOILETS

465.  SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of trains which have eco-friendly bio-toilet facility;
- (b) whether any target has been set by the Government to provide green toilets in all trains and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  details  of  funds  that  has  been  allocated  for  the  above purpose in fiscal year, 2016-17?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )

(a)  to  (c)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  465  BY  SHRI  ABHISHEK  SINGH  AND SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2016  REGARDING BIO-TOILETS

- (a) Bio-toilets,  based  on  the  indigenous  design  and  technology developed  in  association  with  Defence  Research  &  Development Organisation, are being proliferated in coaches by Indian Railways and  there  are  about  800  trains  which  have  eco-friendly  bio-toilet facility.  Some  of  these  trains,  in  which  bio-toilets  have  been introduced on more than 50% of coaches, are indicated below:

Railway

Trains

CENTRAL

12140/12139 Sewagram Express, 11015/11016 Kushi Nagar Express, 12105/12106 Vidhrabha Express

EAST

COAST

22871/22872

Bhubaneswar-Tirupati

Express,

12830/12829

Bhubaneswar-Chennai

Express,

12843/12844

Puri-Ahmedabad

Express,

18507/18508

Hirakud

Express,

18518/18517

Visakhapatnam-Korba Express

EAST

CENTRAL

15227/15228 Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express, 12567/12568 Rajya Rani Express, 13301/13302 Dhanbad-Tatanagar Suvarna Rekha Express

EASTERN

12345/12346 Saraighat Express, 12311/12312 Kalka Mail,  12307/12308  Jodhpur  Express,  12343/12344 Sealdah-Darjeeling Mail, 12377/12378 Padatik Express

NORTH

CENTRAL

12403/12404 Allahabad-Jaipur Express, 12451/12452  Shram  Shakti  Express,  11107/11108 Bundelkhand  Express,  11125/11126  Gwalior-Indore

Express

NORTH

EASTERN

12581/12582

Manduadih-New Delhi Express,

12533/12534

Pushpak

Express,

12555/12556

Gorakhdham

Express,

15007/15008

Krishak

Express

NORTHEAST FRONTIER 15648/15647 Guwahati-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express, 15618/15617 Naharlagun-Guwahati Intercity Express, 22511/22512 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Kamkhya Karambhoomi Express

NORTHERN 12429/12430 Lucknow-New Delhi AC 22418/22417 Mahamana Express, Express

Express, 14215/14216 Ganga  Gomti  Express,  14008/14007  Sadbhavana

NORTH WESTERN 12458/12457  Bikaner-Delhi  Sarai  Rohilla  Express, 12968/12967  Jaipur-Chennai  Express,  12976/12975 Jaipur-Mysuru  Express,  12996/12995  Udaipur  City- Bandra (T) Express

SOUTH

CENTRAL Express, 12702/12701 Hussain Sagar 17037/17038 Bikaner Express

17016/17015 Visakha Express, 17018/17017 Rajkot Express, 17652/17651  Chennai  Egmore-Kacheguda  Express,

SOUTH EAST 18239-12855 Bilaspur-Nagpur Shivnath Express, 58806 Gondia Passenger

CENTRAL

SOUTH EASTERN 12837/12838  Howrah-Puri  Express,    12863/12864 Howrah-Yesvantpur Express, 12810/12809 Howrah- Mumbai Mail

SOUTHERN 12637/12638 Pandiyan Express, 16101/16102 Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Express, 16603/16604 Maveli Express, 16714/16713 Rameswaram-Chennai Egmore Express, 16723/16724 Ananthapuri Express, 16733/16734 Rameswaram-Okha Express, 16780/16779 Rameswaram-Tirupati Express

SOUTH WESTERN 12627/12628 Karnataka Express, 12657/12658 Bangalore  Chennai  Mail,  16525/16526  Bangalore- Kanyakumari Express, 12253/12254 Yesvantpur- Bhagalpur Anga Express

.

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| WEST CENTRAL   | 22981/22982 Kota-Sri Ganga Nagar Express, 12121/12122 Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express, 12191/12192 Shridham Express, 12155/12156 Shane-E-Bhopal Express, 11449/11450         |
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| WESTERN        | 19005/19006 Mumbai Central-Okha Saurashtra Express, 59547/59548 Okha Passenger, 19216/19215 Mumbai Central-Porbandar Saurashtra Express, 19269/19270 Porbandar-Muzaffarpur Express |

In addition to the above trains, coaches fitted with bio-toilets are running in other trains too in piecemeal manner. These trains are being  progressively  augmented  with  coaches  equipped  with  biotoilets.

- (b)  Yes, Madam.  It  is planned to fit bio-toilets in the entire fleet of Indian Railways' coaches by the year 2021-22.
- (c)  Funds of ₹ 395 Crores have been allocated for the above purpose in fiscal year 2016-17.

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