Lok Sabha Question No. 2891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Save Energy in Initiatives
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2015

## SAVE ENERGY INITIATIVES

## 2891.  SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of initiatives taken by Railways to save energy in various railway stations across the country and converting them into green entities;
- (b) whether  Railway  has  any  plan  to  use  solar  energy  for  lighting Railway stations and its premises;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and steps taken by railways in this regard; and
- (d) the number of Railway stations having rain water harvesting system in the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2891 BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2015 REGARDING SAVE ENERGY INITIATIVES

- (a) Policy  guidelines  have  already  been  issued  on  energy  conservation measures  on  Indian  Railways  (IR)  to  save  energy  at  various  railway stations across the country. The initiatives taken by IR include use of LED  light  fittings,  segregation  of  lighting  circuits  at  railway  station platforms, provision of LED based station name boards, automation of pumps, use of 3 star labelled electrical products, replacement of High Pressure  Mercury  Vapour  (HPMV)  lamps  with  energy  efficient  lamps etc.
- (b) &  (c) Yes, Madam. IR has installed about 1.5 Mega Watt Peak (MWp) solar based plants on railway stations across the country including 1 MWp at Katra Railway Station for meeting station power requirement including lighting. In addition, a Purchase Order for installing about 3 MWp  solar  power  plants  on  roof  top  spaces  of  about  200  railway stations has been issued.
- (d) Presently  at  523  Railway  Stations  rain  water  harvesting  system  has been installed. The State wise position is as under:

| Name of States                      |   No. of Stations Having Rain Water Harvesting System |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                      |                                                    43 |
| Assam                               |                                                     4 |
| Chhattisgarh                        |                                                    28 |
| National Capital Territory of Delhi |                                                     9 |
| Gujarat                             |                                                     1 |
| Haryana                             |                                                    13 |
| Himachal Pradesh                    |                                                     3 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                     |                                                     3 |
| Jharkhand                           |                                                    17 |
| Karnataka                           |                                                    33 |

| Madhya Pradesh   |   21 |
|------------------|------|
| Maharashtra      |   43 |
| Odisha           |    8 |
| Punjab           |   42 |
| Rajasthan        |   16 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   66 |
| Telangana        |   44 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |  111 |
| Uttarakhand      |    4 |
| West Bengal      |   14 |
| Total            |  523 |

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