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The Visakhapatnam railway station of East Coast Railway has been awarded the ‘Green Railway Station Certification with highest rating of Platinum’ by the Indian Green Building Council.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has made savings to the tune of Rs 1.18 billion on diesel costs by deploying head on generation (HOG) technology in trains between April and November 2022.

Indian Railways (IR) is planning to modernise another 1,000 stations under the “Amrit Bharat Station Scheme”.

In a bid to prevent pilferages on the rail system, Indian Railways (IR) is ready to initiate global position system (GPS) tracking of nearly 300,000 wagons.

Indian Railways (IR) has been working towards technology development for railway modernisation.

As of December 12, 2022, Indian Railways (IR) has completed 2,022 track kms (tkm) of new line, gauge conversion and multi-track projects.

In order to minimise carbon footprint of the railways, Konkan Railways has installed solar panels at 10 railway stations. 

As on April 1, 2022, across Indian Railways (IR), 452 railway projects (183 new line, 42-gauge conversion and 227 doubling) of total length 49,323 km are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution.

According to government information, nearly 285 important railways projects are currently pending.

Western Railways has installed 6.6 MW of solar power projects across 97 railway stations and 92 MW of solar power projects at 46 railway office building.

Reportedly, Indian Railways (IR) is planning to construct 1,000 kms of boundary barriers in select areas of its network.

Ministry of Railways (MoR) has decided to extend the facility to book unreserved tickets on UTSONMOBILE application.

In a bid to strengthen the rail network in the northeastern region of the country, Indian Railways is planning to lay railway tracks right upto the China border in Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian Railways has decided to switch from stony ballasted tracks to ballastless tracks at important stations including those identified for redevelopment.

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDCL) and Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) have signed an agreement for development of renewable projects in Haryana.

In a bid to decrease paper waste, Government of India has initiated a special campaign to make Indian Railways 100 per cent paperless.

Keeping in line with the Ministry of Railways policy regarding Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal launched on December 15, 2021, Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals (GCT) are being developed for handling rail cargos.

Indian Railways (IR) has registered substantial scrap sale in first six months of this 2022-22.

As part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Indian government has set a target of reducing 33 per cent emissions intensity, with the transport sector being one of the key sectors with substantial mitigation potential.