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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.




            12  April - May ’19 / TrafficInfraTech                                                      www.trafficinfratech-com-500653.hostingersite.com
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