Minister of Railways inaugurates International Conference on Decarbonisation of Indian Railways in New Delhi. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the International Conference on Decarbonisation of Indian Railways – Mission Electrification in New Delhi on November 3, 2016. It was organised by Institution of Railways Electrical Engineer (IREE) in partnership with ASSOCHAM India.
Indian Railways is looking forward to make Railways greener by electrifying another 24000 km of Rail Tracks to the existing 28000 km in the next few years. Energy demand of Indian Railways is expected to triple by 2030 from current levels to 49 billion units of electricity.
iv. The Increase in the pace of electrification will reduce its fuel bill by Rs. 10000 Crore annually as against the business as usual approach.
v. Suresh Prabhu launched a mobile app ‘RAIL SAVER’ to reduce energy consumption by 15 – 20%.
vi. The Indian Railways has set a target to achieve 100 per cent de-carbonisation, with 90 per cent electrification in next five years with the investment of Rs 25,000 crore
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