Why Indian trains are not clean?

Every day about 5,000-6,000 tonnes of fecal matter is generated from toilets in the trains and on stations. This is equivalent to the fecal waste generated in a large metro city. While 95\% of trains have installed bio-toilets, they are “no better than septic tanks” and the water discharged no better than raw sewage.

Can you poop in train toilets?

The traditional method of disposing human waste from trains is to deposit the waste onto the tracks or, more often, onto nearby ground using what is known as a hopper toilet. To enforce this limitation, toilets may be automatically locked when the train pulls into a station or stops at a red signal.

What are the toilets like on Indian trains?

Sleeper trains have toilets at the end of each car. Most have 3 bathrooms — 2 Indian-style squat toilets, and 1 Western-style seated (drop) toilet. Attendants come through and clean throughout the journey. It won’t be the cleanest bathroom ever, but I’ve experienced worse at roadside stops during my travels.

Why can’t you flush a train toilet in the station?

As a general rule, people travelling on trains are warned not to flush the on board toilet while it’s not moving. That’s because most trains don’t have sewage tanks, meaning anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. So as you can imagine, if the train is stationary, it can cause huge problems.

How do you clean a train bathroom?

There are two way of sending a cleaning request:

1. Enter your PNR number and mobile number in a form available on the website – cleanmycoach.com.
2. Send an SMS to the number 58888 by typing CLEAN < Space >< 10-digit PNR number>.

Are Indian trains clean?

Indian Railways has introduced mechanized cleaning, increased On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS), introduced IT based ‘Coach Mitra’ service, proliferated bio-toilets also introduced the First ever Third Party audit cum survey on cleanliness of important trains to instill healthy competition for improvement.

Do planes empty toilets in air?

Blue ice, in the context of aviation, is frozen sewage material that has leaked mid-flight from commercial aircraft lavatory waste systems. Airlines are not allowed to dump their waste tanks in mid-flight, and pilots have no mechanism by which to do so; however, leaks sometimes do occur from a plane’s septic tank.

Why is the caboose no longer used?

Today, thanks to computer technology and economic necessity, cabooses no longer follow America’s trains. The major railroads have discontinued their use, except on some short-run freight and maintenance trains. Railroad companies say the device accomplishes everything the caboose did-but cheaper and better.

Why do Indian Railways have bio-toilets?

As of now, 73,078 coaches of Indian Railways have been fitted with 2,58,906 bio-toilets, which is helping to keep railway tracks clean. Bio-toilet is a dry toilet that treats human waste by a biological process called composting. This has ensured that no human waste is discharged from coaches on tracks.

What is bio toilet in Indian Railways?

The new bio-vacuum-toilets are dry toilets that treat human waste by a biological process called composting. They decompose human excretory waste in the digester tank converting it into methane gas, carbon dioxide, and water.

Do trains dump poop?

Mercifully, new trains no longer dump waste on the tracks. Instead, trains are fitted with chemical holding tanks. These are connected to regular toilets or vacuum toilets. Like aeroplanes, these need to be emptied regularly, leading to trains having to return to terminal stations.

Do trains still dump toilet waste?

Most trains don’t have sewage tanks so anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. Human waste is deposited onto the tracks at Paddington station on a daily basis, causing it to pile up and create a disgusting mess.