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varied depending on the purpose of
linen like blankets, bedsheets and
hand towels. He also stated that
his company had introduced a new
vertical that provided training and
certification on operating a laundry.
There are solutions for odourless
toilets too, he said. Training
personnel, gap analysis and
audit, waste management, energy
conservation solutions are various
other offerings by the company.

S K Jain felicitating S Vanchinathan and Team Buzil Rossari
Real-time response
train. While he could not give distribute it to passengers. Laundry Bhawna Khanna and M
an effective response to how the could also be made a profit centre Maheshwaram spoke of the
performance of the existing plants by charging passengers a nominal innovations using IoT technology
could be improved, he suggested amount for use per kg of linen. for a few work-in-progress projects
additional measures like coating of This would serve railway officials being done for the railways
surfaces with a protective layer to to focus on more pressing matters, including nullification of odour
reduce deterioration. he said. in toilets, air compressor flow
monitoring where they needed to
fill the engine with compressed
Laundry as a profit One-stop shop gas at a certain humidity and
centre Vanchinathan from Buzil Rossari, temperature, checking water-levels
Yashodhar Vallala suggested that the hygiene solution company that in toilets and axle temperatures as
well as over-seeing the performance
the Indian railways contract laundry acted as go-between the railways of the on-board cleaning staff.
management to third-party vendors and laundry operators, gave a Timely and actionable alerts were
who would be responsible to buy brief explanation of the process of generated for real-time response
the linen, wash, transport and laundry cleaning and drying, which from stakeholders.

Boon for women
passengers

A vending machine that could
store 30 to 40 sanitary napkins
up to 100 and conveniently fit in
the toilet of a railway coach was
introduced by Prabhu Byakod.
The napkin could be accessed
by inserting a five-rupee coin.
An incinerator is also provided
alongside to burn used napkins
ensuring clean disposal of the same.
The product has been installed in
schools, colleges and a few railway
stations, among others, he said.
Prabhu Byakod, Managing Director, P. Madhusudan Rao, Deputy Chief P Madhusudan Rao offered the
Nature Care Solutions Environment and Housekeeping Manager, vote of thanks at the conclusion of
South Central Railway the session.

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