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Cabinet approves MOU between India & UK for enabling Energy Self Sufficiency in Indian Railways
Under the MoU signed by Railway Ministry with UK's Department for International Development, the parties agreed for energy planning for the railways in solar & wind energy sector, energy efficiency practices, fuel efficiency, development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and battery-operated shunting locomotives. The objective of the programme was to support structural reforms and the integration of renewable energy into the electricity grid.
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E-office: Phase I successfully executed, Railway gears up for Phase II
After the successful completion of the Phase I of NIC E-office for 50000 users in 58 units, Indian Railways has signed MoU with RailTel, a Miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for Phase II of the project. In Phase II, RailTel will register 39000 users over 34 Railway divisions on NIC E-office platform by 30th June 2020.
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Solar sufficiency: Nandyal - Yerraguntla section declared as the first Solar section in SCR
Indian Railways has planned to source about 1000 MegaWatt (MW) Solar Power and about 200 MW of wind power progressively by 2021-22 across Zonal Railways & Production Units. Of this, 500 MegaWatt (MW) solar plants are to be installed on the rooftop of Railway buildings which will be used to meet non-traction loads at Railway Stations, etc. About 500 MW land based solar plants will be used to meet both traction & non-traction requirements.
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Security First: IP based Video Surveillance System (VSS) with Video analytics & Facial recognition system, being installed at railway stations
Indian Railways is in the process of installing Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System (VSS) at stations. Railway Board has approved works for provision of VSS covering 983 stations over Indian Railways under Nirbhaya funds. This year a budget of Rs. 250 crore was allotted to Railways from Nirbhaya fund for installation of video surveillance system.
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