The Railways are facing technical hitches in installing environment-friendly bio-toilets in trains, forcing an extension of the deadline for implementation of the project.
All new passenger coaches will have bio-toilets by 2016-17, but retrofitting of the existing coaches are expected to be completed by 2021-22. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will fund 50 per cent of the retrofitting cost of two lakh units in the existing 50,000 coaches.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/installing-bio-toilets-teething-problem-railways
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-balchand
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rail-transport
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toilets
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eco-sanitation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
