Till November 2017, about 3500 Railway stations have
already been provided with 100% LED lights.
20 Lakh LED lights have been replaced at Stations across
various Zonal Railways under this programme.
Ministry of Railways has also issued directives to
Zonal Railways to provide LED light fittings to residential quarters as well.
Indian Railways Has Also Issued Policy for Use of
Only LED Lights in All Railway Coaches/EMU, 1300 Non AC Coaches Already
Converted With 100% LED Light.
Ministry of Railways is actively working to provide
100% LED lighting for its most of the Non-traction Energy needs like Railway
Staff Colonies, Railway Stations, Railway Platforms etc. Under this 100% LED
initiative, Ministry of Railways has decided to make all railway stations 100%
LED lit by the end of current financial year i.e. by 31st March,
2018. It is a huge initiative to provide energy efficient lighting which will
eventually greatly help in conservation of environment as well.
Till date (i.e. till November 2017) about 3500
Railway stations have already been provided with 100% LED lights & all
balance stations & Railway buildings will be completed in the current
fiscal year. So far about 20 Lakh LED lights at stations have been replaced
across various Zonal Railways under this programme. To
take ahead provision of LED lights at all stations, ESCO mode in this area is also being pursued. A policy
directive in this reference has been formulated and issued by Ministry of
Railways. 100% LED lighting will hence improve the energy scene on
Indian Railways and will reduce consumption by about 10% of total energy being
utilized for its Non-traction uses, thus leading to savings of about 240
million units of electricity which will save about ₹180 Cr. annually to
Railways.
With these initiatives in combination with several others in 2016-’17, 5.5% reduction was achieved in
non-traction energy consumption in the year 2016-17 i.e. 4.1% reduction in energy consumption despite
increase in load by 1.4% thus giving a savings of ₹100 Cr. In the current year (6 months period i.e. April-
September 2017) 7% reduction in non-traction energy consumption had already been achieved giving savings
of ₹62 Cr. This in-fact was a quantum jump against
the earlier average of 2% and transformed Energy Saving
Pattern for railways.
Ministry of Railways has also issued directives to
Zonal Railways to provide LED light fittings to residential quarters as well. Zonal
Railways have already distributed about 20 lac LED luminaries to railway staff
till October, 2017 under Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) Scheme.
In addition, Indian Railways is also aiming to provide
Energy efficient LED lights on all Railway coaches/EMU as well. Policy for use
only LED lights in all Railway coaches has already been issued & Zonal
Railways are preparing action plan. Already, 1300 non-AC
second-class & 3-tier sleeper (GSCN) coaches have been converted with 100% LED lights.
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