CORPORATE

SUSTAINABILITY -
INDIAN RAILWAYS
GROUP B-8
 Indian
66,000
Railways Route KMs

23,000,000
Passengers per day

1,050
Million Tonnes of Freight
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 RAILWAYS

Low Carbon Mass Transit System Mode Unit Fuel (x10^-2)

• 8% of Passenger and Cargo carried Freight:Road Litres/tkm 3.429
• 2% of energy use and 3.5% of transport
Freight:Rail Litres/tkm 0.689
sector’s CO2 emission
• 12 times more efficient in freight transport Passenger:Rail Litres/pkm 0.402

• 3 times more efficient in passenger Passenger:Bus Litres/pkm 0.689

transport
Passenger:Petrol Vehicles Litres/pkm 1.383

Passenger:Air Litres/pkm 5.653

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INDIAN RAILWAYS – GREEN INITIATIVES

Environment Directorate Energy Conservation Fuel & Energy Efficiency

▰ To Coordinate ▰ Usage of LED fittings in ▰ Technological
environment stations and coaches advancements in diesel
management initiatives engines to improve fuel
▰ Increasing the share of
▰ Dedicated Freight renewable energy efficiency to 13%
Corridors (DFC’s) sources
▰ Increasing payload to
▰ 1st phase to reduce CO2 ▰ Solar mission set up tare ratio and improved
emissions by 457 about 16 MW plants at coach designs for
million tonnes in 30 stations, admin energy efficiency
years buildings etc

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INDIAN RAILWAYS – GREEN INITIATIVES

Increase Share of Alternate Fuels and Clean Water Policy

Renewable Energy Energy
▰ 1000MW through Solar ▰ Bio based fuels for
power lesser carbon footprint
▰ 500MW on rooftops + ▰ Reduction of 44%
500MW land based hydrocarbons and 89%
CO
▰ 200MW through Wind
Energy ▰ CNG as cutting gas for
manufacturing
▰ Water management
plans for units (Railway
Stations, Colonies)
▰ Rainwater Harvesting,
Sewage Treatment
Plants, Installation of
Water meters
▰ Goal to become Water
positive

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ISSUES WITH IMPLEMENTATION

Environmental Energy Conservation Fuel & Energy Efficiency

▰ Improper handling and ▰ LED fittings in stations ▰ About half of the
transportation of and coaches not fully locomotives are still run
pollution causing achieved on diesel
commodities
▰ Unable to make ▰ Development of hybrid
▰ Bad ambient air quality progress in tapping enginges is envisaged
at major stations wind energy only recently
▰ No punishments for non ▰ Solar implementation ▰ Less than half of the
compliance of pollution levels in manned level track is currently
control board’s crossings going on at a electrified
regulations very low pace

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ISSUES WITH IMPLEMENTATION

Increase Share of Alternate Fuels and Clean Water Policy

Renewable Energy Energy
▰ Inefficient utilisation of
▰ Railway consumes 2.5
Bn Kwh of energy (Non- ▰ A reduction in Recycled water
Traction) Hydrcarbons results in
▰ Bangalore, Mumbai
▰ Current planned solar increase in Nox – Chief
stations working at 50-
capacity is 0.3% of the cause of Smog formation
60% capacity
total consumption
▰ Problems with the engine
▰ Railways projects performance and
severely affected by
time and cost overruns reliability
▰ Production of bio-diesel
itself is diesel intensive
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RECOMMENDATIONS

▰ Privatisation of projects like Water Recycling Plants, Solar Plants could lead to better
project execution/implementation
▰ Better accountability by the Indian Railways organisation towards Sustainable
development( DFC passing through Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
▰ Inducting new locomotives to increase efficiency
▰ Track electrification to reduce dependency on diesel locomotives
▰ Strict Vendor procurement guidelines for purchasing energy efficient equipments
▰ Creation of carbon sinks(tree plantations) along tracks to absorb CO2 and reduce soil
erosion

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THANKS!
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