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.

Ballabhgarh  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 Certified   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

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International Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded Ballabhgarh   Railway  Station  with  Certified   rating after it was declared a ‘green station’. The station scored 44 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 Certified   Rating

More than 100 years old and one of the busiest railway stations of the country, it achieved the Certified  rating almost two years after getting its name  is  Ballabhgarh  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 (12) health, hygiene and sanitation (8) followed by energy efficiency (9) and water efficiency (5) Smart & Green Initiatives (7)and Innovation & Development (3) 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 Silver   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.

Ballabhgarh railway station is a railway station is in Ballabhgarh, Faridabad district, Haryana. Its code is BVH. It is fall under Northern Railway zone‘s Delhi railway division. It serves Faridabad and surrounding areas. The station consists of 5 platforms.