New initiative by the Railways, provides retiring room in Ahmedabad

Indian Railways is amongst the biggest train systems in the world, and it operates around 13,000 passenger trains every day. In order to make the travel for the passengers relaxing, the railways have come up with a new retiring room in Ahmedabad. The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter and announced the initiative- New Retiring Room at Ahmedabad provides 3 Star facilities & comfort to the passengers. It has delux rooms as well as family rooms to accommodate travelling families. pic.twitter.com/URulNTn82T — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) September 19, 2019 READ: Railways install first PET 'bottle crushers' inside Mumbai Rajdhani Accommodation for the travelers This initiative by the Indian Government will provide comfort to the passengers as the room gives three-star facilities, and it also has deluxe rooms to accommodate traveling families. The Indian Railways also recently took a unique initiative to go-green and has installed a PET (polythene terephthalate) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express. The Rajdhani Express is a super fast train that runs between Mumbai Central and New Delhi. The PET machine can crush up to 3,000 bottles per day and is capable of recycling 90 percent waste bottles. The installed PET machines can accept all types of plastic bottles ranging from 200ml to 2.5 liters. The internal storage bin of the machine has storage of approximately 20 liters which is equivalent to 1,500 bottles. READ: IRCTC Updates: Indian Railways announce more trains, iMudra wallet Changes by the Indian Railways In order to ban the use of single plastic, the Indian Railway has directed all Railway units to enforce a ban on single-use plastic material from October 2, 2019. The circular that was issued stated the following- -Ban on single-use plastic material. -All railway vendors to avoid the use of plastic carry bags. -Staff should reduce, reuse and refuse plastic products and use inexpensive reusable bags to reduce plastic footprint. -IRCTC to implement the return of plastic drinking water bottles as part of Extended Producer Responsibility. -Plastic Bottle crushing machines to be provided expeditiously. READ: Amazon partners with Indian Railways for self pick-up of parcels READ: Train catches fire at New Delhi Railway Station: Updates

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New initiative by the Railways, provides retiring room in Ahmedabad

In order to make the travel for the passengers relaxing, The Indian railways have come up with New Retiring Rooms in Ahmedabad that provides 3 Star facilities

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