Open AccessUtilization of Indian railway bio-toilet waste as an agriculture fertilizer
Author(s) -
Pradip Gunaki,
S Karthik
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of mines, metals and fuels
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 0022-2755
DOI - 10.18311/jmmf/2021/30124
Subject(s) - toilet , environmentally friendly , engineering , waste management , agriculture , dumping , human life , business , environmental planning , environmental science , geography , ecology , international trade , philosophy , humanity , theology , archaeology , biology
The Indian Railways have been widely chastised for dumping human waste on railway tracks, which pollutes the environment and makes human life difficult. Indian Railways are working hard to solve this problem by developing environmentally friendly toilet facilities. The bio toilets were adopted by the Indian Railways to handle this problem in an environmentally friendly manner. However, due to the failure of these bio-digesters for a variety of causes, new problems have arisen, so this paper outlines the issues raised by bio-toilets and how to address them, which satisfies the major objective of Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan.