Rlys comes up with plan to fill coaches with water in 5 min

New Delhi, Dec 10: The Indian Railways is all set to introduce a system which will reduce water filling time from the existing 20 minutes to just five minutes at stations to end water woes onboard trains.

          The Railways will introduce the system in March next year at over 142 stations which have the water filling system for trains.

          Recently the rail board sanctioned Rs 300 crore for the project.

          According to the plan prepared by railways, water in long-distance trains which are used in toilets and washbasins are filled every 300-400 km, even if they are not empty, to ensure that there is adequate water in the coaches.

          With the use of quick watering system, a 24-coach train can be filled up within five minutes and multiple trains can be simultaneously watered at the same time.

          The old pipes did not have enough pressure and took around 20 minutes to fill the tanks with capacity of 1,800 litre of water in a coach, which resulted in shortages.

          Officials said the Ministry has planned to install pumps of 40 horsepower to increase the water pressure.