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.
Panipat Junction 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 Panipat Junction 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 Panipat Junction 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 (17) health, hygiene and sanitation (11) followed by energy efficiency (10) 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.
Panipat junction railway station is a major junction in Delhi-NCR. In Panipat 118 trains halt here with 40,000 person travels daily. It is an A grade category station. It has 5 platforms for trains. It has major facilities available like many ticket counters, automatic ticket machine, fully computerized ticket reservation, automatic water machine, AC waiting hall, well shed sheltered, washroom, foot overbridge, water facility, book stall, lift, wi-fi connectivity, food stalls, bicycle stand, auto stand, car stand, CCTV camera, mall yard, washing line and other facilities. Major trains stops for Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath, AC Express, Superfast, Mail-Express, Intercity, Ladies Special EMU and other Passenger trains. It is at an elevation of 235 metres (771 ft) and was assigned the code – PNP
Delhi–Chandigarh–Amritsar high-speed rail corridor, 459 km corridor costing 1 lakh crore, has bene approved by the railway board and construction will commence in year 2022. The route will pass through Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Chandigarh–Ludhiana–Jalandhar–Amritsar
National Capital Region Transport Corporation approved Delhi–Panipat RRTS. Construction work will start in year 2021. Cost of this corridor around 30,000 crore. At four major stops in Panipat: Panipat Depot, Panipat North, Panipat South and Samalkha.
Panipat–Meerut rail line, costing Rs 2200 crore, construction work will commence in year 2021.
Delhi–Chandigarh semi-high-speed rail corridor with 200 km/hr via Ambala Cantt and Panipat will commence construction work in 2021. Cost of this corridor 11,218 crore.
