Covid innovation: Smart switchable window in Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani
Amid the Covid pandemic, the railways decided to remove curtains from the air-conditioned coaches of the trains, which led the national transporter to come up with a new innovation of smart switchable windows to cut constant light from outside and external heat.
A Railway Ministry official said the curtains in AC coaches of Rajdhani and Shatabdi and other Mail or Express trains were removed to prevent the spread of coronavirus since the outbreak of Covid-19 last year.
He said that though the removal of curtains was inevitable, the purpose of putting curtains on the windows of AC coaches remains unchanged.
He said, “The passengers were facing inconvenience of constant light from outside and external heat during the summer season affecting the efficacy of internal cooling too. This problem existed on a pan-India basis.”
The official said that for the first time in Indian Railways, Eastern Railway has evolved a solution to the curtain problem.
