Project Utkrisht :
What is project Utkrisht?
Railways has plans to develop 640 Utkrisht rakes as part of upgradation of its mail/express trains in the next two years at a cost of Rs 400 crore.
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Colour scheme
The rakes have also been given a new colour scheme on the exterior - beige and maroon.
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Route
First lot of Utkrisht rakes rolled out from Kalka Mail from Howrah station.
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Green rakes
Developed as 'green rakes' (consisting of 20 or 22 coaches) at Eastern Railways' Liluah workshop, they cost Rs 60 lakh each.
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Facilities
The rakes will provide better facilities to passengers, including LED lightings, odourless toilets.
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Toilet
The toilets of all the coaches have improved fittings, vinyl wrapping provided at the doorways of the coaches, night glow stickers and Braille signages inside the coaches and new colour scheme.
The unique feature of this Utkrisht Rake is the provision of Swachh Rail Toilet (SRT), which is a hybrid design of bio-toilet system.
Toilet has the advantages of less water consumption, no chocking of the system, complete sealing of odour and maintenance friendly.
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Other features
All coaches of this rake are fitted with energy efficient LED tubelights, panel of LED lights in doorway and gangway, provision of dustbins in the toilets, stickers with 'Go Green' messages, provision of integrated basin-cum-dustbins in AC coaches.
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That is the rake of Howrah Kalka Express and is basically an ICF rake spruced up interiors.
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