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.
Sonipat 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 Sonipat Railway Station with Silver rating after it was declared a ‘green station’. The station scored 57 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 Sonipat 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 (10) 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.
Sonipat Junction railway station is located in Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. Sonipat junction railway station is a major junction in Delhi NCR.
It is also connected to Gohana, via the Gohana–Sonepat rail line.
And it is also connected to Jind, via the Sonepat–Jind rail lines.
There is also a proposal connecting Palwal directly from Sonepat. Haryana government has given approval to connect Harsana Kala to Palwal railway station. This will directly connect North Haryana to Southern Haryana. To reduce Delhi mein rail traffic, it will be a bypass pariyojna which will run along the KMP Expressway.
