Indian Railways Targets Carbon Neutrality by 2030

Context:

  • Indian Railways aims to achieve carbon neutrality by planting three billion trees before 2030.

What is Carbon neutrality?

  • Carbon neutrality means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. 

What steps are taken by railways towards carbon neutrality?

  • Tree Plantation: Neem, pilkhan, jamun on both sides of the tracks,
  • Hybrid electric Locomotives: To completely remove the diesel engines, it has initiated the development of battery-operated hybrid electric locomotives and ethanol-blended fuel.
    • These locomotives are equipped with regenerative braking features capable of generating electricity during braking action
  • Harnessing solar power: Indian Railways has planned to utilize its unused vacant land parcels for setting up solar plants. 
    • There is about 51,000 hectares of railway land that have the potential of installing 20 gigawatt (GW) land-based solar plants.
  • Automatic coach-washing plants: The railways are setting up automatic coach-washing plants at all rail depots to minimize the use of water for cleaning trains.
  • Use of LED lights: A total of 1,327 railway stations have now been provided with LED illumination. Also, all newly manufactured coaches are fitted with LED lights. This is likely to have a saving of around INR6,000 per coach per annum.
Attempt the PY Prelims Question

With reference to bio-toilets used by the Indian Railways, consider the following statements:

  1. The decomposition of human waste in the bio-toilets in initiated by a fungal inoculum.
  2. Ammonia and water vapour are the only end products in this decomposition which are released into the atmosphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: D


News Source:
Economic Times

 

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