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Hyderabad to Manufacture Advanced Net-Zero Green Toilets
Hyderabad will make a new kind of environmentally friendly toilet.
The toilets were developed with technology supported by the Gates Foundation.
Reflow will work with T-Works and the Telangana government to manufacture them.
The first toilets in India were installed at Lumbini Park.
They can clean and reuse the same water several times.
Solar power runs them, so they do not need a regular electricity connection.
They can also be moved to different places.
Officials said the toilets could be useful where normal water and electricity systems are not available.
Hyderabad will manufacture Net-Zero Green Toilets using technology supported by the Gates Foundation.
Reflow, Telangana government’s T-Works and the Gates Foundation are collaborating on production.
The first such toilets in India were installed at Lumbini Park in Hyderabad.
The ₹1 crore facility uses solar power and recycles water for repeated use.
Orders have reportedly been received from government and private organizations for 50 units.
- Who
- Reflow, Telangana government’s T-Works, the Gates Foundation, and Telangana ministers Duddilla Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar are associated with the project.
- What
- Net-Zero Green Toilets that treat and recycle water will be manufactured in Hyderabad.
- Where
- The toilets are being manufactured in Hyderabad, with the first units installed at Lumbini Park.
- When
- The first facility was formally inaugurated, but the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Why
- The toilets are designed to reduce water use and operate without conventional electricity and water infrastructure.
Key facts
- Technology
- Net-Zero Green Toilets with water treatment and recycling
- Manufacturing partners
- Reflow and Telangana government’s T-Works
- Technology support
- Gates Foundation-supported technology made available free of charge
- First installation
- Lumbini Park, Hyderabad
- Facility cost
- ₹1 crore
- Power source
- Solar power without an external electricity connection
- Reported orders
- 50 units from government and private organizations










