Indian Railways has decided to make its tracks on two routes viz Kanalus-Dwarka-Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya routes in Gujarat, free from discharge of waste from toilets. The railways is going to install environment-friendly zero discharge toilet system in the coaches of the trains running on these sections by October 2. This will be a unique milestone in the ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission.

The zero toilet discharge section envisages all trains passing on that particular route would have bio-toilets which eliminate open discharge of waste on the rail tracks from the existing toilets. Bio-toilets eliminate open discharge of waste on the track. They are technically advanced and the presence of specially developed bacteria digests the wastes and only small amount of clean water is discharged.

The railways have installed more than 17,000 bio-toilets in trains till March 2015. It has also set a target to fit 17,000 more such toilets in this fiscal. The cost of building 4 bio-toilets is around Rs 3 lakh.