Thread by @chittukuruvi4

#Thread on #NewIndia and the deviousness of the MSM in not reporting good developments.

We all know about how Railways went around converting all the toilet into bio-toilets. Not a very sexy topic but an important topic as how Railways contribute to #SwachhBharat

In the above photo, respected Dr Sekhar Krishnamurthy is standing before the train. He is from DRDO and what is he doing here. This is a perfect example of cross pollination of #competencies

His worked in the Defence Establishment to develop clean toilets for our forces at borders at thousands of Metres altitude. He also developed these toilets, now installed in all the trains 🚞 2.59 lakhs total

Now, #IndianRailways , under PM Modi, Piyush Goyal, has completed replacement of ordinary train toilets with the Bio-digester ones. Not difficult to understand what was happening before, whether the trains were moving or stationary.

Some data: Around 4000 tonnes (equivalent to 500 truckloads) of poop hit the the tracks every single day!! Previously, ₹13700 cr. were wasted on some experimental toilets which were being pushed, but ultimately found to be “no better than septic tanks”.

The Govt has now spent ₹62,500 crores (each toilet costs about ₹2.50 lakh), but it saves on water and little chance of getting blocked. And a huge positive for ‘#SwachhBharat’.

Bio-digester technology was developed for solving human waste disposal at high altitudes, for the Armed forces, by the team of scientists lead by Dr Lokendra Singh. Development and deployment was complete by 2003.

As this technology has tremendous potential in enhancing the cleanliness in our country, Dr. Krishnamurthy had a desire to introduce it in the Railways to begin with, even though it was beyond the call of duty.

After initial struggle with RDSO, his team was permitted to provide the Bio-digesters for one coach of Barauni Mail. It successfully completed three years of operation, one employee was deputed for continuous oversight.

Finally the approval had come after three years.
Now they have 5 international patents besides the Indian one.

And where is there is an effort, there is an effort to sabotage!! There were companies trying to sell other products to Railways which function differently and are mechanical devices. They have even tried to sabotage by killing the innoculum of bacteria by pouring acid.

Some professors tried to convince Railways that this will not work. Our (DRDO) teams sustained efforts to call their bluffs and challenging through comparative performance has settled the score. All credit to the perseverance of DRDO team.

Salute to #DRDO, @PiyushGoyal @PiyushGoyalOffc @narendramodi for taking the Railways into a different "level of orbit". I can't thank enough.

Credits: This is a thread based on a FB post by Sh. Sushil Kumar Rajpal.

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