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Fresh Proof of bogus claims of Hi-Fi Bio toilet by Dr. Lokendra Singh

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As Dr Lokendra Singh, Master manipulator of DRDE who is fooling around Govt. and public at will in the name of Bio toilets going to retire a month a fresh proof of his Farzi Invention has emerged. Many scientists of DRDE pressed red button about genuinely of Gobar Toilets every now and then, even one of the scientist approached CVC about blowing out of proportion about very basic technique of bio gas production using cow dung and selling it to unsuspected Govt and public with investment of 1000s crores of public money (vide complaint no 16653/2014/Vigilance 9 dated 24/07/2014 & 27168/2014/Vigilance 7 dated 11/09/2014).

As per the recent article in NDTV an Engineer from Akola making biotoilets since a decade by using bacteria from cow dung and successfully installed 100s of such toilets in Maharashtra by just charging and recharging septic tank with bacteria from Fresh Cow dung. As per the website of this engineer each bio toilet is costing Rs 6000 only of which actual cost is going for constructing toilet structure but not to any microbial technology (story “With Low Cost And Smart Bio-Toilets An Engineer Brings Change To Rural Maharashtra” By: Anisha Bhatia  | April 27, 2017 (http://bit.ly/2p976Gn)). Arvind Dethe, the engineer developed bio-toilets or smart toilets that would cost only Rs. 6,000, using anaerobic bacteria but he never visited Maitri, Antarctica, who is not even a biologist, can the Govt ask this gentleman to fix the bio –toilet for public and railways or ask him teach the simple technique of bio toilet making to citizens enmass instead of simply allowing few companies under patronage of Dr. Lokendra Singh to eat public money.

In the complaint of senior Scientist of DRDE, the same point was mentioned in CVC complaint by DRDO scientist but none of his pleas were heard under mysterious circumstances instead he was shunted out and others such scientists are being harassed.  Dr Lokendra Singh’s fictitious invention was being advertised by  DRDO wasting crores of rupees in full page ad in all national papers. Time and again voice of concern was raised in various news papers but Govt is unfazed to prevent this huge magnitude of corruption in the name of science and technology. DRDO brazenly bluffed in the parliament about these so called toilets against question asked by one of the honorable Member of Parliament (UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2498 asked by Honorable MP Shri Amar Shankar Sable Regarding unpleasant smell, using of cow dung in Bio toilets developed by DRDO)

DRDO dedicated (Lokarpan) these toilets two times and fooled the country. The game is still on and Ministry of Railway putting Bio-Toilet every year beside the complaints of foul smell (By Rajendra B Aklekar, Mumbai Mirror | May 5, 2015, http://bit.ly/2pENOdw). DRDO Bio-Toilets raise a stinks – By Hemant Kumar Rout Published: 13th August 2016 – The New Indian Express (http://bit.ly/2oRxr9p)    No hygienic study was done before finalizing the installment.

Some of news coverage on these Bio toilets includes

  1. Here’s a novel idea to provide stench-free rides in trains. ANIL KUMAR SASTRY – MANGALURU, May 11, 2015 – The Hindu (http://bit.ly/2pEOGyt)
  2. Toilet truth hits drive OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – The Telegraph, New Delhi, Sept. 3, 2014 (http://bit.ly/2prIklc)
  3. Bio-toilets Fail to Flush out Open Defecation in Bhadrak By Express News Service Published: 23rd August 2014 (http://bit.ly/2oRvmKg)
  4.  Bacteria from Antarctica or cow dung? DRDO’s bio-toilet claim questionedBy ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 21 August, 2016 -The Sunday Guardian (http://bit.ly/2pEViNy)
  5.  Jairam Ramesh’s pet project ‘Bio-toilet’ stands abandoned in OdishaBy Hemant Kumar Rout – BALASORE/BHADRAK Published: 14th August 2012 (http://bit.ly/2p9uaET)

Honorable PM Modi ji requested to please put DRDO in your corruption free agenda in priority because every minute DRDO corrupt officials sitting in TOP pulling country down in defence technology race and interestingly this agenda maintain after retirement by sitting either government posts or with private organization, their sole aim to mint money till death.

It is high time for Hon. Prime Minister to set right things in DRDO and call for an independent enquiry into these bio toilets and order investigation into CVC complaint and take action against the perpetrators of the fraud.

Jai Hind

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Bacteria from Antarctica or cow dung? DRDO’s bio-toilet claim questioned

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By ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 21 August, 2016 -The Sunday GuardianDRDO_Logo_New copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some scientists working with the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) have questioned the veracity of the claim that the DRDO uses bacteria brought from Antarctica in its much-talked about bio-toilets that are being installed in railway coaches and public places. According to these scientists, who have filed a complaint with the Chief Vigilance Commission seeking an inquiry into the claims being made by DRDO, the defence outfit is using cow dung in its bio-toilets.

The bio-toilets that are being developed by DRDO’s Gwalior-based Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) and the Tezpur-based Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), use anaerobic microbial bacteria to decompose and convert biological human excreta into usable water and gases.

DRDO has claimed that the anaerobic bacteria used in these toilets have been imported from Antarctica and that they can effectively function in extreme conditions and temperature ranging from -6 degree Celsius to 50 degree Celsius. However, scientists with DRDO have claimed that the imported bacteria cannot survive in high temperatures.

“These bacteria need a certain amount of heat (from 0 degree C to 5 degree C) to work efficiently and this was the reason why many such bio-toilets installed at Siachen for the Army are now useless as these could not function for the lack of heat. The DRDO, which has been claiming that it was using imported bacteria, is now forced to use cow dung in its bio-toilets,” said senior DRDO scientist Dr Y. Ashok Babu, who has lodged a complaint with the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and sought a probe in the matter. Ashok claimed that the whole thing is a farce and certain people within the organisation want to make easy money by making the government believe that they were using a sophisticated technology in their bio-toilets.

Another senior scientist working with DRDE, Gwalior, told this newspaper: “They are using cow dung rather than bacteria brought from Antarctica. The Defence Minister can independently speak to any microbiologist in the country and he will get to know the entire story.”

Earlier this month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, while replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, had stated that cow dung was being used in bio-toilets to multiply the bacteria from Antarctica, which was being used primarily. His response was based on the information provided by the DRDE.

Ashok Babu, however, clarified that “DRDE is claiming that it is using a ‘consortium’ of bacteria brought from Antarctica in the bio-toilets but the truth is that it brought a single species of bacteria and is now passing off a bacteria found in cow dung as bacteria from Antarctica. The Defence Minister should ask the concerned scientists in DRDE to list out each bacterium in the ‘consortium’ of bacteria; this will bring out the truth. After their attempts to impress the Army at Siachen by building bio-toilets failed, they are now trying to sell them to Indian Railways.”parliment question

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DRDO’s bio-toilets raise a stink

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By Hemant Kumar Rout Published: 13th August 2016 – The New Indian Express
BHUBANESWAR: The much-hyped bio-toilets invented by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and installed in railway coaches, public places and colonies seem to have sparked of a controversy with some senior scientists raising voice against the functioning and technology which allegedly uses cow dung instead of imported bacteria.

Developed by Gwalior-based Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) and Tezpur-based Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), both laboratories of DRDO, the bio-toilets, fondly known as ‘E-loo’, use anaerobic microbial bacteria to decompose and convert biological human excreta into usable water and gasses.
DRDO e looThough initially, the bio-toilets installed in high-altitude regions such as Siachen and Ladakh performed as expected for a certain period, now many of them are reportedly abandoned or unused for obvious reasons leading to objections from the armed forces.
While the DRDO said the anaerobic bacteria have been imported from Antarctica and can effectively function in extreme conditions and temperature ranging from -6 degree Celsius to 50 degree C, a group of DRDO scientists claimed that the imported bacteria cannot survive in high temperature.

“Since such type of anaerobic bacteria are abundantly available in cow dung, the cattle waste is now being used in bio-toilets while the research organisation is hoodwinking the people in the name of technology development by wasting crores. Like the bio-toilets, the normal septic toilets also have a perfect anaerobic environment with the only difference being addition of cow dung in the name of inoculum culture in the former,” they said.

According to senior DRDO scientist Dr Y Ashok Babu, who has lodged a complaint with the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) seeking a probe into it, the imported bacteria worked perfectly well in the laboratory but did not work efficiently in the Siachen region, for which a solar panel heating system was added to accelerate digestion process.

“There is no requirement of specific bacteria in the normal temperature and local bacteria in the septic tank will do the same task more efficiently if cow dung is added to it. The technology is a farce which allows a handful of greedy business people to earn crores of rupees,” the complaint stated.

DRDE Director Dr Lokendra Singh, however, refuted the allegations. He said the cow dung is used only to multiply the bacteria brought from Antarctica, which can survive in Indian conditions. “Actually the cow dung used in the toilets is not the cattle waste but the bacteria which are transported through it. The toilets are working perfectly for which the Railways has given bulk orders,” he claimed.

The DRDO has so far made the transfer of technology (ToT) agreement with 56 companies which are producing bio-toilets at a cost ranging from Rs 15,000 to Rs 75 lakh depending on the volume of population using it and quality of materials.

Singh informed that while already 40,000 bio-toilets have been installed in railway coaches, additional 80,000 toilets are to be installed shortly. Besides, around 20,000 E-loos have been placed in colonies, urban areas and villages. The Indian Railways has planned to install 2.5 lakh toilets in all coaches by October 2, 2019

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