Stressing on cleanliness in the railway network, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the Railways had started a pilot project for onboard cleaning by professional agencies on some Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains which had resulted in satisfactory results.

Therefore, it has been decided that onboard cleaning will be introduced on all Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Superfast mail and express trains, using modern machines.

All 36,000 coaches would be provided clean toilets by the end of the 11th Plan at a cost of Rs 4000 crore (Rs 40 billion) to put a permanent end to the problem of discharge from the train toilets.

Besides this, all LHB coaches will have ergonomically designed modular toilets with attractive interiors for better hygiene and cleanliness.

Source: Press Information Bureau

Railway Budget: 2008-09