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Delhi Metro gets power from Waste to Energy
plant
elhi Metro Rail Corporation of DMRC for meeting the operation
(DMRC) has become the first requirements of Pink Line of Delhi Metro.
Dmetro system in India to receive DMRC will take approximately 17.5 MUs
power which is generated from a Waste per annum from this plan.
to Energy plant. Continuing with its
various environment friendly initiatives, The Delhi Metro has been working
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) continuously towards the conservation
has started receiving two MW of power of environment right since the inception
from a 12 MW capacity Waste to Energy of the organisation. It is the first ever
(WtE) plant of M/s East Delhi Waste rail-based organisation in the world to
Processing Company Limited (EDWPCL) claim carbon credits. Currently, DMRC is
set up in Ghazipur. The plant is India’s producing 28 MW of solar power from
first WtE facility that complies with the various roof top solar power plants,
European regulations. which have been set up in its stations,
DMRC has been receiving the power depots and residential premises. DMRC
since the beginning of June 2019 from has also started to receive solar power
this facility which is being utilised at the from the off-site solar power plant at
Vinod Nagar Receiving Sub-station (RSS) Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.
British transport body to help NMC improve Bus
service
he Transport for London (TFL), a pilferage and converting diesel run buses
British organization that manages into conventional energy like electricity.
Ttransport services across London, Apart from Nagpur, the TFL will also
is all set to help the Nagpur Municipal help Pune, Mumbai and Nashik in the
Corporation (NMC) to revamp city’s state. In Andhra Pradesh, it will the
public transport infrastructure.
help the government improve public
As a part of an agreement with transport system in Vijayawada.
the Central government under a pilot
project, the TFL will help improve Under Faster Adoption and
public transports in five cities across Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric
the country. Of the five cities, four Vehicles (FAME), the NMC is also
are from Maharashtra and one from expecting electric buses for city bus
Andhra Pradesh. The TLF will assist the transportation. TFL will help the NMC
NMC’s transport department to improve to establish solar charging stations at its
Aapli Bus service, especially in plugging three depots.
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