The Railway Ministry is taking several steps to become environmentally friendly. As a part of their Go-Green Initiative, Indian Railways is setting up solar panels, installing bio-toilets and banning the use of single-use plastic material. Details below:
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Solar Panels
Indian railways are installing solar panels over rooftops of stations and railways buildings. Train stations that are using solar energy include Anand Vihar Terminal, Hazrat Nizamuddin and the New Delhi railway station.
Bio toilets
Indian Railways is in the process of installing bio-toilets in trains. They aim to have 100% bio-toilets in all the trains by this year.
Electrification
The Indian Railways is implementing electrification rapidly. A total of 5200 km of railway lines are already electrified.
Plastic Ban
Indian railways have imposed a ban on single-use plastic with less than 50-micron thickness. Additionally, plastic crushing machines are installed at various stations. Further, Indian Railways is encouraging the use of terracotta kulhads, plates and glasses to reduce the use of plastic altogether.
