ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FAECAL SLUDGE OF TRAIN TOILET AT CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH.

Abstract

Chittagong is the second largest city of Bangladesh. In the perspective of Bangladesh railway is one of the most important and cost effective transport system. Everyday around 20 trains depart from the station in different directions to different cities or within the city of the country. Thousands of people use this transport system to move from one place to another. As the traditional system of the train of our country is totally open defection. This paper analyze the effect of the existing toilet system of trains in Chittagong. Relevant data was collected from the Chittagong railway authority and from the literature review. It is seen that the traditional toilet system (hopper toilet) is used in all of the train. This type of toilet is not environment friendly as it discharge sludge and urine directly on the rail tracks and pollute the surrounding environment components. It has a serious impact on the human health to the people. To reduce the environmental pollution different countries are already implement different alternative toilet system which have reduced the pollution in a good amount. In respect of Bangladesh considering the feasibility and applicability a different type of toilet system is proposed that can easily be complied with the existing traditional toilet system which will be ecofriendly and provide healthy sanitation.