London ; International GBC conduct the green rating of railway station as per IGBC-DCS green railway station rating standard followed in USA, UK, Europe, Japan, Russia, Australia and around 150 Countries of the world.
Karnal Railway Station is audited by Six Sigma Quality International http://www.ssqi.in http://www.ssqi.uk in 2020 and based on IGBC-DCS Green railway station Rating criteria, it is awarded as Silver Rating to northern railway https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in by International Green Building Council https//www.internationalgbc.org rating agencies of deming Rating http://www.demingworld.com
International Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded Karnal Railway Station with Silver rating after it was declared a ‘green station’. The station scored 58 points out of 100 for its environment-friendly initiatives.
There are number of new initiatives are taken by Indian railway in last 5 years. Green rating is also one of the unique initiatives taken by Indian railway recently.
2020 awarded rating is Silver Rating
More than 100 years old and one of the busiest railway stations of the country, it achieved the silver rating almost two years after getting its name is Karnal Railway station.
Talking to International GBC spokesperson on Monday, the divisional railway manager, Delhi division of Northern Railway, Sr DCM said, “We secured maximum points in the category of Sustainable Station Facility (16) health, hygiene and sanitation (10) followed by energy efficiency (12) and water efficiency (8) Smart & Green Initiatives (8)and Innovation & Development (4) out of 100 Marks . This certification was possible due to the continuous efforts of all departments to improve and upgrade this station.
Sr DCM said that encouraged by this achievement, fresh efforts have been intensified to ensure improvement in all categories in order to secure the Gold rating next year.
The officials said that International green building council -IGBC, with the support of environment directorate of British railway http://www.rail.co.uk/ Rail transportation in the United States https://www.transportation.gov/railroads, German Railway https://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml, bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan, SNCF Réseau. France currently operates the second-largest European railway network https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/frenchtgv/ as well as Indian railways https://indianrailways.gov.in/ best practices has developed this rating system, which is a voluntary and consensus-based programme. It is a first of its kind holistic rating system in India to address environmental sustainability of Indian railway stations, they said.
“The overarching objective of the rating is to facilitate adoption of green concepts, thereby reducing the adverse environmental impact of station operation and maintenance, and enhancing the overall commuter experience,” added the officials. The rating system helps the station management to gauge the ‘green performance’ of the station and assess requirements for continuous improvement. The rating system is designed primarily for existing Indian railway stations, said the officials. “Many steps including training station operation and maintenance personnel on ‘Green Railway Station’, performance improvement and detailed study on opportunities for reducing energy and water consumption, increasing renewable energy, effective waste management, enhancing passenger amenities, guidance on implementation of green measures and facilitation of assessment by third party independent experts, are taken into account for the rating process.
Karnal railway station was constructed in year 1892 A.D. by Britishers. Karnal was a British Cantonment from year 1800 A.D. till year 1845 A.D. The vintage historical Karnal railway station is located on the main Delhi–Panipat–Karnal–Ambala–Kalka line also called DUK route. This is a class “A” category station . It is located in the Indian state of Haryana. It serves Karnal district region and surrounding areas. Karnal nearby surrounding stations in South direction are Bazida Jatan, Gharaunda, Kohand, Babarpur, Panipat jn towards Delhi / New Delhi side, while in north direction these are Bhaini Khurd, Taraori, Nilokheri, Amin, Kurukshetra jn towards Ambala Cantonment, Amritsar, Chandigarh side. Karnal railway station will soon become a railway junction via new Greenfield Karnal–Yamuna Nagar railway line via Indri, Ladwa, Radaur, Daamla, Jagadhari Workshop railway station, once the Detailed Project Report which has been duly approved by the Haryana State Government & has been submitted on 3 September 2019 to Indian Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, (Government of India) gets duly approved .
Major trains at Karnal
- Ajmer–Jammu Pooja SuperFast Express
- Delhi–Amb Andaura Himachal Express
- Udhampur–Delhi Jammu Mail
- Howrah–Kalka Mail
- New Delhi–Kurukshetra MEMU
- Ajmer–Chandigarh Garib Rath
- Allahabad–Chandigarh Unchahar Express
- Jammu–Pune Jhelum Express
- Indore–Jammu Malwa Express
- Chandigarh–Bandra Superfast
- Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express
- Delhi–Kalka Himalayan Queen
- Una Himachal–Delhi Janshatabdi
- Delhi–Amritsar Shaan-e-Punjab Superfast
- Amritsar–Nanded Sachkhand Express
- Bandra–Amritsar Paschim Express
