Rail Budget: Railways to provide 17000 bio-toilets in trains
Presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today he said, world’s first Bio-Vacuum toilet developed by the Indian Railways is being used in Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express.
He said 74 more trains have been added under On-board Housekeeping Service and another 400 are to be covered soon, leading to a total number of almost 1000 trains under the scheme.
Referring to punctuality performance of passenger trains, he said it has been a matter of concern for several decades. The Minister said, Indian Railways has a porous network which leads to rampant infiltration by humans and animals.
Problems are compounded by congestion in tracks, terminal capacity constraints and asset failures.
He said, the worst affected is the busy Ghaziabad to Mughalsarai section through Allahabad and Kanpur which spreads across three Zonal Railways thereby impacting the overall punctuality of the entire network.
Prabhu said, the Railways has initiated the audit of operations on this section to improve its performance. Some improvement is already visible and capacity augmentation in the medium term will further reduce the delays.
He said, besides internal reasons, there are also external reasons such as agitations on railway tracks, which lead to punctuality losses.
He appealed to fellow citizens to desist from this as it causes loss, not only to the nation but also to them as passengers.
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