Q13) Indian Railways announced that it has developed a prototype of Hybrid Vacuum Toilet. Consider the following statements
1) It is a hybrid based on both vacuum toilets and bio toilets
2) It was developed by the Development Cell of the Indian Railway Board and is considered as the first of its kind to be used in any railways in the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Both 1 & 2
Ans:13)(c) Extra information- At present, the technology is only seen aircrafts.It was installed in the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani train on trial basis.
Features of Hybrid Vacuum Toilet
Significance of the technology
It will result in saving very precious natural resource as it uses water to the tune of at least 1/20th of the quantity (500 ml) that is used in the current design of biotoilets or conventional toilets (15-20 litres) per flush.
Further, it will eliminate the need to create separate ground handling installations to evacuate holding tanks that contain untreated human fecal matter.