Jul 18, 2009 09:31 AM
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*Creation of** **CENTRALISED VACUUM PITS ON BOTH SIDES of** **coaches of** **trains of****INDIAN RAILWAYS** **to throw bidegradable waste(DRY AND WET****)powered by** **ELECTRICITY OR SOLAR ENERGY---innitiative idea for India Innovation Initiative (the government launched idea initiative initiative on march 6 2009 . the last date being 30 th june 2009)****The Department of Science and Technology (DST) Monday launched the India Innovation Initiative (i3) in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and communication analyst Agilent Technologies*
Anyone who has traveled on Indian trains is fully aware that the **waste disposal facilities** on board are lacking in more ways than one .The general passengers throw leftover food , vegetables , spoiled foods , sweet wrappers , tetra packs , pet bottles etc on tracks and in the compartment24 /7 days .Some birds and animals feed on the **waste****accumulated on tracks****but remaining waste just lies there on tracks all over India.** Morever the continuous **dust , cobwebs**which accumulates inside the compartment throughout the journey makes it almost difficult to bear.
*My objective is
***1.To segregate(DRY AND WET) bio-degradable waste at source in the compartments of the coaches
***2**. **To promote cleaner green India and cleaner tracks all over India.,
***3. Reduction of health hazards for railway cleaners,
***4.Increase in job opportunity at each and every rural station and
***5.Increase in income generated through advertising for railways.
***6.To improve quality of service for Indian and foreign travelers .
***7.To create more job opportunities in developing these vacuum pits by railway employees.
***METHODOLOGY
*The **WET VACUUM PITS** are placed on the concealed left side of coaches .When a person wants to throw **leftover foods, remaing fruits skin, vegetables egg shells , tea bags , spoiled food , cotton, coconut , broken earthen pots , bones &skin of non –vegetarian foods etc, **One needs to press open wet vacuum pit and one can throw the waste there . .The left concealed tubing channel of wet waste , vacuums with force towards the **PRE- SEPARATOR DRUM OF WET WASTE** placed in either of the first or last coaches of the train according to experts from **IRCON(INDIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL LTD ) OR RDSO (THE RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARD ORGANIZATION )
*The **DRY VACUUM PITS** are placed on the concealed right side of coaches , when a person wants to throw **sweet wrappers , plastic bags, paper, pieces of glass, pieces of wood, battery , broken wires, aluminium foil, tetra packs, plastic pet bottles, chewing gums , leather pieces, or rubber .** One needs to press open dry vacuum pit and one can throw the waste there . The right concealed tubing channel of dry waste, vacuums with force towards the **PRE-SEPARATOR DRUM OF DRY WASTE **placed in either of the first or last coaches of the train ..
Every railway station must have **VERMICOMPOST PIT FOR WET WASTE** and **RECYCLING UNIT OF DRY WASTE** .Additional drums needs to be placed if the length of the journey is for more than 2 days .
When the **WET SEPARATOR DRUM** is 90 %full , it sends an alarm after which all vacuum pits in all the coaches shuts down . So one cannot throw anything unless the **HOSE **and **ADAPTOR** is connected to a new empty drum .Same is applicable for **DRY SEPARATOR DRUM** . The full wet and dry drums must be immediately unloaded at the next nearing station and additional empty drums may or may not loaded as per the need .
Futher **ACCESSORIES **have to used like suitable **WORKING HOSE** , **ADAPTORS** , **PRE-SEPARATORS** like **DRY SEPARATOR OR WET SEPARATOR DRUMS** .After the train gets empty of its passengers, then **CLEANERS** with the help of different **WORKING HOSE** and **ADAPTORS** must vacuum the coaches from inside connecting to the **dry or wet pit** . In this way **dust, cobwebs** settled during the journey is removed
*Tube and fittings for conveying networks. Tube and fittings for vacuum systems. **They****may be specified as either **TUBING (tube)****(light wall**, O.D.), or as **PIPING(heavy****wall**, I.D.) depending on the application.
*TUBE OR TUBING** as it is sometimes called, is generally installed in **LIGHT WALL** for multi operator vacuum systems. Loading systems are usually installed with **PIPING** but abrasive products will certainly require a heavy wall network like in INDUSTRIES
.**The bump on the left side and right side of the coaches can be concealed with ADVERTISING INLETS****on the inner and outer walls of all the coaches** **.This way Indian railway can generate additional income. The concealed tubing may be done on the upper area just 2 feet above the window or lower area, just1 feet below the window of the coach
* **There would be more job opportunity at all the rural areas to manage VERMICOMPOST PITS and RECYCLING UNITS at all rural railway station .*
These vacuum pits must be started in **inte-rcity trains, luxury - trains, international trains** as length of the journey is more and more waste is collected.
*Passenger trains and superfast*
*trains **must be started gradually.
Additionally Indian railways must make futuristic investment in solar lighting system, which do not have recurring cost of energy consumption.
Indian railways must use tinted glass /solar windows to save 40%energy consumed by AC and replace incandescent lamp with compact fluorescent lamps (cfls)which use 66% less energy than conventional light bulbs.
Solar water heating system must be introduced for toilets and kitchens of the Indian railways .
