An indigenously built eco-friendly Controlled Discharge Toilet System (CDTS) from city-based Banka Enterprise is all set to go global after a successful run in Indian Railways' Duronto trains.
The CDTS model provides a solution to the vexatious problem of maintaining cleanliness at railway stations, by not allowing dumping of night soil from toilets in train compartments. The zero discharge toilets, developed using technology from Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), convert the nightsoil into methane gas with the help of biodigesters. These modern toilets have been found to be extremely useful after they were used on trains operated on the Delhi-Gwalior route and at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi recently.
Wide array of products
The CDTS models will now be showcased at the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF) to be held in Chongqing in China from September 27 to 29, according to entrepreneur Namita Banka, whose company manufactures the toilets in Hyderabad.
Ms. Namita is one of the 14-member team of Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE), which will be participating in the exhibition. The team members would be showcasing a wide array of products and services, ranging from IT solutions, legal services to export of granite at the international expo.
“There will be Fortune 500 companies participating in the expo,” says COWE president K. Sandhya Reddy who will be exhibiting automation testing tools and IT management services at the expo. “Automated manual software testing is a niche market. Also, there are many non IT firms looking to outsource IT management to professionals. I am looking at possible tie ups for these IT related services,” explains Ms. Reddy.
Vandana Maheshwari, a supplier of polypropylene feeders, drinkers, litter collecting belts and eggs collecting belts to poultry farms in India and Nepal, plans to find international buyers for her plastic equipment for poultry industry. “I have received enquiries from South Africa earlier. I hope to meet more buyers in this expo,” she says.
The expo is organised by International Trade Centre, WEConnect International, Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, the International Women's Coffee Alliance, SPINNA and Quantum Leaps.
