EASTERN RAILWAY’S KANCHRAPARA WORKSHOP GOT GREENCO GOLD RATING
Kolkata, July 18, 2023
Eastern Railway’s Kanchrapara Railway Workshop received “GREENCO GOLD” rating and an “IGBC PLATINUM Rating” for the Administrative building recently. Pursuing “green” has become the new driver for companies seeking growth competitiveness and global excellence. GreenCo is a rating system, an initiative by the Confederation of Indian Industry to facilitate Indian industries to substantially improve their environmental performance thereby saving both natural and financial resources.
Kanchrapara Railway Workshop has done tremendous work towards the environment and has received “GREENCO GOLD” under the guidance of Shri Amar Prakash Dwivedi, General Manager, Eastern Railway, and with the efforts of the concerned team including all officers.
To get this rating, Kanchrapara Workshop has taken intensive measures to harness solar energy to promote renewable energy through its available rooftop area and a total of 2300 KWp plants have already been commissioned with which 320454 kWh of solar energy has been generated in 2023-24 up to June 2023. At present about 39% of the daytime consumption of Workshop is met with the generated renewable energy. Further, Work is in progress for the 1550 KWp capacity of the Rooftop Solar plant which will be commissioned at the earliest. These measures have played a big role in acquiring the “GREENCO GOLD” rating for the Kanchrapara Workshop and the “IGBC PLATINUM Rating” for the Administrative building recently. Kanchrapara Workshop is taking various measures to reduce Caron Emission in line with the National Mission of the targeted Net Zero by 2030.
The workshop has a green belt with deep gorges which raise the water table of the workshop as well as the surrounding area. The workshop has norms for the disposal of waste material so that no waste shall be sent to the landfill. The workshop team has also done tree plantations, awareness, and training programmes regarding environment sustainability, etc. in nearby campuses.
