No stinks, No mess! Indian Railways soon to introduce aircraft like bio-vaccum toilets

New Delhi, December 9: Indian Railways soon to introduce ‘imported bio-vaccum toilets’. No stinks, No mess! World’s largest rail network- Indian Railways is upgrading its bio-toilets to imported bio-vacuum toilets: the kind found in aircraft, an official said. 

The first 100 coaches with the new toilets will be attached to important trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi and would be rolled out from January 2018. "These bio-vacuum toilets will be odour-free and cut down water usage by over one-20th," he said.

The official also said that the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) will roll out the first 100 coaches fitted with bio-vacuum toilets and that these will be attached to premium trains like the Rajdhani and Shatabdi expresses. Official also said there would be lesser chances of such toilets getting blocked.

The railways' initiative to upgrade the existing bio-toilets came after persistent complaints from passengers that these were getting blocked due to dumping of waste such as plastic bottles, paper and the like in the toilet pot.

"In bio-toilets, the water requirement per flushing is up to 15 litres. And the water doesn't generate enough pressure to discharge the waste from the pots, resulting in a foul smell and blockage of the pot. The official said that the manufacturers of the bio-vacuum toilets have assured railways that the fabrication units would be set up in India. Over 900 trains currently have bio-toilets either in some or all of their coaches.