The government has decided to move towards achieving 100-percent electrification of railways, as part of efforts to curb carbon footprints, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
The railways minister also said he has a mission that in next 10 years, Indian Railways will be running on renewable energy.
— The Economic Times
Announcing the plan, India's Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, "We will be the world's first large railway...nearly [75,000 miles] of track, which will be 100-percent electrified. Imagine how much carbon we will reduce from the entire atmosphere."
We are aiming to make Indian Railways world's first 100% green railways.
We are setting up solar panels on unused land of railways. This will save land from encroachment, and the energy generated will be fed into the power grid. pic.twitter.com/GzkpNpvBTu
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 26, 2019
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