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Rail Budget: Introduction of 30,000 bio-toilets in trains by next financial year

| | Feb 25, 2016, at 09:18 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament on Thursday introduced a string of measures to improve the cleanliness on stations and trains.

Clean my Coach service on Pan India basis is introduced, where a passenger can request cleaning of his or her coach or toilets on demand through SMS.

A1 and A classes of stations are ranked based on periodic third party audit and passenger feedback.

He proposed setting up of waste segregation and recycling centers at A1 stations in a phased manner.

He has set a target of 30000 bio-toilets in the next financial year.

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