A CONCEPT FOR ECO-FRIENDLY SANITARY SYSTEM IN INDIAN RAILWAYS

Abstract

Controlled discharge sanitary system is a Eco-friendly sanitary system which focuses on ensuring the human waste matter from the railways not to be disposed on railway tracks. It generates the energy for the remote areas with the help of biogas plant. Thus this will keep the city, countryside, railway station premises and the railway tracks clean and hygienic. In this technique the faecal matter from the passenger trains will be stored in a retention tank and it will be discharged at a biogas plant adjacent to the railway track. The system is based on the principles of mechatronics. This paper explains about the process involved in maintaining the cleanliness in railways and energy generation through human waste and achieving the theme of Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India).