Page 36 - CIJ JAN 2024 - Digital Edition

Special RepoRt

to reducing its carbon emission
intensity 32% of by 2030, Vishnoi
added. The creation of the DFCCIL
and IR’s increasing growth share
in inter-modal spheres of freight
traffic promises the reduction of
carbon footprints and increased
energy conservation. Repletion
of ground water by rainwater
harvesting system (RWH) has
provided another initiative towards
water retention management.
Various energy efficiency
methods have been adopted
resulting in sustained reduction of
electric energy consumption. Case
in point is the mandatory use of
Arun Thapar, Managing Director, LEDs in passenger coaches and Christopher Blessing,
Inventa Cleantech Private Ltd railway stations and free-of-cost Managing Director, Corporate Aesthetic
LED lights issued to railway staff Refurbishing Enterprises Pvt Ltd
for their homes. Energy efficient,
he said. One percent of all project from a single petrol pump to its
budgets were earmarked for state-of-the-art electric and diesel presence in over 200 cities, in
locomotives are being produced
environment-related work. Waste with the intention to reducing 25 years of providing cleaning
management plants at New Delhi pollution. The IR is pushing solutions. He described the model
and Jaipur have been successfully for green certifications in all its for delivering world-class cleaning
tested on a pilot basis, crucial to divisions, he informed. services which had a number of
the railways where a typical major components at play. While there
station generates five to 15 tonnes were multiple options available
of municipal solid waste (MSW) Elevating user for use in equipment, chemicals,
every day. experience hardware and software, the critical
All trains have been fitted with Christopher Blessing from Caere aspect was marrying them together
bio toilets and the IR is committed spoke of his company’s journey with people, practices and processes
to create an environment that gave
the best experience to the user.
(Read more in the following pages)

Cleaning challenges
K Srinivas of South Central
Railway listed the challenges
faced in maintaining a clean train,
coach and station. After converting
to bio toilets, passengers were
experiencing foul smell emanating
from them which has not reduced
even with repeated cleaning and
spraying of disinfectants and
perfumes, he said. Exterior coach
cleaning was normally done in
coaching depots, whereas the

Bhawna Khanna, Head - Strategic Shri. K. Srinivas, Sr.DME/CO/SC, interior was cleaned enroute as
Engagement & Key Accounts, MicroGO South Central Railway well as in primary depots. The
& Maheshwaram M, Lead - Technology automatic coach-washing plants
Development, MicroGO were unable to remove hard stains

JANUARY 2024•Clean India Journal
36 www.cleanindiajournal.com