Lok Sabha Question No. 3660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Go Green Initiatives
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.01.2019

## GO GREEN INITIATIVES

3660. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  undertaken  major  initiatives  to  Go Green;
- (b) if so, the details of areas/activities identified and achievements made since 2016, zone-wise;
- (c) the present status of Go Green initiatives;
- (d) the details of training programmes conducted by the Railways for  its  employees  and  relevant  stakeholders  on  environmental awareness and going green along with number of participants of such training programmes since 2016, zone-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Railways  is  considering  to  float  green  bonds  to fund its clean energy projects; and
- (f) if so, the details and objectives thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c)  Yes,  Madam.  Railways  have  undertaken  some  major initiatives to Go Green. The details of the areas/activities identified

## and their present status are as under:

- Ministry  of  Railways  has  planned  to  set  up  1000  Mega  Watt (MW)  solar  power  by  2020-21  which  would  help  Railways  to source  about  10%  of  its  electrical  energy  from  renewable source.  Indian  Railways  have  already  installed  about  71.19 MW  of  Solar  plants  over  rooftops  at  Railways  stations  and
- (i) service buildings.
- (ii) Wind  energy  plants  of  36.5  MW  have  been  installed  out  of which, 26 MW at Jaisalmer was installed in 2015-2016.
- (iii) Use of LED lights on electrified railway stations and service buildings. All electrified Railway stations (except those under gauge  conversion)  and  99%  of  service  buildings  have  been fitted with 100% LED luminaries over Indian Railways.
- (iv) Blending  of  5%  bio-diesel  in  High  Speed  Diesel  (HSD)  for diesel locomotives was started in June, 2015.
- (v) 20%  Compressed  Natural  Gas  (CNG)  substitution  in  diesel engines  of  23  Diesel  Power  Cars  of  Diesel  Electric  Multiple Unit  (DEMU)  trains  and  introduction  of  Solar  energy  based DEMUs.
- Tree plantation to increase green cover in Railway Premises. Track  side  boundary  plantation  also  started  in  2016.  On Indian  Railways,  1.25  crores  saplings  were  planted  during 2016-17, 88.96 lakh in 2017-18 and 97.33 lakh during 2018-19
- (vi) upto November, 2018.
- (vii) Towards  better  Water  Management,  Water  Audits  at  major consumption centres as well as proliferation of Water Recycling  Plants and  Rain  Water  Harvesting  (RWH)  Systems

are undertaken. Water Policy of Indian Railways was issued in March, 2017.

- Assessment and rating of Indian Railway's Production Units and major Workshops as Green Industrial Units started with 'GreenCo' certification of 2 Workshops and 1 Production unit in 2016-17.  31 more Workshops, 4 more Production Units, 2 Diesel  Sheds,  one  Stores  depot  and  2  Supervisors  Training then. Eight Railway  Stations,  two  Railway  Schools  and  one  Railway
- (viii) Centres have been 'GreenCo' certified since Hospital have also achieved Green Certification.
- (ix) Pace  of  installation  of  environment  friendly  bio-toilets  in passenger coaches  has  been  increased. Nearly 163,000 bio-toilets have been installed in around 44,500 coaches, out of  which  more  than  127,000  bio-toilets  were  installed  in around 33,500 coaches since April, 2016.
- (x) Pace  of  electrification  has  been  increased.  As  on  1 st   April, 2018, 30,212 Route Kilometers (RKM) of Indian Railways are electrified  out  of  which  5,733  RKM  was  done  in  two  years 2016-17  and  2017-18.  Electrification  work  is  in  progress  on 33,658 Route Kilometers.
- (xi) In 2016, a policy decision was taken for allocating 1% cost in all  sanctioned  works  for  execution  of  environment  related works.
- (d)  The  various  training  programmes  of  Indian  Railways  include sessions on environmental awareness. Number of Railway employees who have under gone Initial and Refresher Training in 2016-17 and 2017-18 (zone-wise) is appended as Appendix - I and II

respectively. Centralized Training Institutes are conducting courses/sessions on environment awareness for officers. (e) and (f) The Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), a Public Sector  Undertaking  under  the  Ministry  of  Railways,  has  issued bonds worth USD 500 million in the offshore market in December, 2017  which  has  been  certified  as  'Green  Bonds'  by  the  Climate Bond  Initiative.  The  proceeds  of  the  Green  Bonds  issue  were utilized  for  acquisition  of  electric  locomotives  which  help  in reducing carbon footprints.

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APPENDIX - I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3660  BY  SHRI  RAHUL  SHEWALE,  SHRI  SANJAY DHOTRE AND SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.01.2019 REGARDING GO GREEN INITIATIVES

(d) Number of Railway employees who have under gone Initial and Refresher Training in 2016-17 (zone-wise):

| Number of Staff Trained during 2016-2017 (Provisional)   | Number of Staff Trained during 2016-2017 (Provisional)   | Number of Staff Trained during 2016-2017 (Provisional)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| RAILWAY/PSU                                              | INITIAL                                                  | REFRESHER                                                |
| CENTRAL                                                  | 4883                                                     | 8249                                                     |
| EASTERN                                                  | 3263                                                     | 12146                                                    |
| EAST CENTRAL                                             | 2150                                                     | 3269                                                     |
| EAST COAST                                               | 3136                                                     | 6110                                                     |
| METRO RAILWAY KOLKATA                                    | 78                                                       | 458                                                      |
| NORTHERN                                                 | 5623                                                     | 11803                                                    |
| NORTH WESTERN                                            | 5528                                                     | 12054                                                    |
| NORTH EASTERN                                            | 2912                                                     | 2267                                                     |
| NORTH EAST FRONTIER                                      | 3030                                                     | 4914                                                     |
| NORTH CENTRAL                                            | 2586                                                     | 4286                                                     |
| SOUTHERN                                                 | 6656                                                     | 11156                                                    |
| SOUTH CENTRAL                                            | 5761                                                     | 11897                                                    |
| SOUTH EASTERN                                            | 5658                                                     | 9361                                                     |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL                                       | 1244                                                     | 5399                                                     |
| SOUTH WESTERN                                            | 2240                                                     | 2018                                                     |
| WEST CENTRAL                                             | 5318                                                     | 5991                                                     |
| WESTERN                                                  | 10619                                                    | 17088                                                    |
| CHITTARANJAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS                            | 60                                                       | 1767                                                     |
| DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS                                  | 882                                                      | 905                                                      |
| DIESEL LOCO MODERNIZATION WORK                           | 26                                                       | 508                                                      |
| INTEGRAL COACH FACTORY                                   | 657                                                      | 1670                                                     |
| RAIL COACH FACTORY                                       | 720                                                      | 369                                                      |
| RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION              | 268                                                      | 434                                                      |
| RAIL WHEEL FACTORY                                       | 10                                                       | 1312                                                     |
| MODERN COACH FACTORY                                     | 254                                                      | 137                                                      |
| TOTAL                                                    | 73,562                                                   | 135,568                                                  |

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APPENDIX - II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3660  BY  SHRI  RAHUL  SHEWALE,  SHRI  SANJAY DHOTRE AND SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.01.2019 REGARDING GO GREEN INITIATIVES

( d) Number of Railway employees who have under gone Initial and Refresher Training in 2017-18 (zone-wise):

| Number of Staff Trained during 2017-2018 (Provisional)   | Number of Staff Trained during 2017-2018 (Provisional)   | Number of Staff Trained during 2017-2018 (Provisional)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| RAILWAY/PSU                                              | INITIAL                                                  | REFRESHER                                                |
| CENTRAL                                                  | 6134                                                     | 9929                                                     |
| EASTERN                                                  | 3900                                                     | 13867                                                    |
| EAST CENTRAL                                             | 2150                                                     | 3269                                                     |
| EAST COAST                                               | 3136                                                     | 6110                                                     |
| METRO RAILWAY KOLKATA                                    | 78                                                       | 458                                                      |
| NORTHERN                                                 | 9256                                                     | 15898                                                    |
| NORTH WESTERN                                            | 5185                                                     | 9875                                                     |
| NORTH EASTERN                                            | 2912                                                     | 2267                                                     |
| NORTH EAST FRONTIER                                      | 2687                                                     | 6405                                                     |
| NORTH CENTRAL                                            | 5140                                                     | 8259                                                     |
| SOUTHERN                                                 | 6656                                                     | 11897                                                    |
| SOUTH CENTRAL                                            | 5761                                                     | 9361                                                     |
| SOUTH EASTERN                                            | 5658                                                     | 5399                                                     |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL                                       | 2808                                                     | 6922                                                     |
| SOUTH WESTERN                                            | 2240                                                     | 2018                                                     |
| WEST CENTRAL                                             | 5318                                                     | 5991                                                     |
| WESTERN                                                  | 6155                                                     | 9882                                                     |
| CHITTARANJAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS                            | 60                                                       | 905                                                      |
| DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS                                  | 882                                                      | 508                                                      |
| DIESEL LOCO MODERNIZATION WORK                           | 54                                                       | 435                                                      |
| INTEGRAL COACH FACTORY                                   | 802                                                      | 1026                                                     |
| RAIL COACH FACTORY                                       | 936                                                      | 708                                                      |
| RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION              | 340                                                      | 381                                                      |
| RAIL WHEEL FACTORY                                       | 10                                                       | 1312                                                     |
| MODERN COACH FACTORY                                     | 254                                                      | 137                                                      |
| TOTAL                                                    | 78,512                                                   | 133,219                                                  |

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