Different approaches to Sustainability ( Indian Railway)

1. Sustainability of Indian Railway
Presented by,
1. Maniyar Siddharth 11007889
2. Natoo Mandar 11007892
3. Phadke Sumit 11007898

2. Content
Sr. No. Content Slide Number
1. Introduction 3
2. Relevance to Indian railway 4
3. Social aspects & initiatives 5-10
4. Economical aspects & initiatives 11-15
5. Environmental aspects & initiatives 16-20
6. Conclusion 21
7. Reference 22

3. Introduction
• Sustainability is endurance of systems &
processes.

4. Relevance to Indian Railways
• 64,015 route Kms
• 12,000 Passenger Trains per day
• 7,000 Freight Trains per day
• 23 million passenger & 2.65 million
tons freight traffic per day
• 1.34 million employee
• Annual procurement volume – more than $10
Billion

5. Social aspects
• Will remain prime source of public transport
in future with increased no. of passengers
every year.
• Connects virtually every part of India from
smallest village to biggest cities.
• Provides employment to more than 1.4 million
people
• In crisis situations provides help to affected
areas.

6. Social Parameters Statistics
1290
1295
1300
1305
1310
1315
1320
1325
1330
1335
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
1306 1307
1334
1326
Thousands
No. of Employees in Thousnads
No. of Employees in Thousnads

7. 63500
64000
64500
65000
65500
66000
66500
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
64600
65436
65808 66030
Length of tracks in KM
Length of tracks in KM

8. 8100
8200
8300
8400
8500
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
8224
8421
8397
8224
Millions
No. of Passenger in Million
No. of Passenger in Million

9. • Improving coach design to attract more
passenger.
• Use of social media (Twitter) for attending
customers on board in case of help or
problem.
• They have setup locomotive manufacturing
units in underdeveloped Bihar to create 3000
overall jobs.
Social sustainability initiatives

10. Reference : http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/01/12/21/30194F1700000578-3396165-
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11. Economic aspects
• Provides low fare travelling options
• Generation of revenues from freight transport
• Needs to overcome competition created by
low cost airlines.
• Needs to overcome losses incurred during
previous years.
• Procurement volume is also high.

12. 0
200
400
600
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
313.59 360.27 424.47
427.64
Billions
Procurement Volume in Billion
Procurement Volume in Billion
Economical Parameters Statistics

13. 0
50
100
150
200
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
67.816
136.1519
117.4907
168.3849
Billion
Net Revenue in Billion
Net Revenue in Billion

14. 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
677.4362
834.7883
915.7085
1031.0015
282.4343
313.2284
365.3225
421.8961
Billions
Earnings from Freights in Rs. Billion
Earnings from Passengers in Rs. Billion

15. Economical sustainability initiatives
1. Around Rs.15000 Billion capital raised from
LIC for development of Indian Railways.
2. Replaced incandescent lamps with CFL; there
by reducing energy bills by 9M $/year.
3. 358 items reserved for procurements from
SMEs in India.
4. Started procuring cheaper power for central &
western railways resulting in saving of Rs. 30B
Annually.

16. Environmental aspects
• One of the largest rail network in world, hence
high level of CO2 emissions which can be
reduced.
• Generates large amount of wastes due to
public transport
• Scope for implementation of renewable
energy technologies which has already
started.

17. Environmental Parameters Statistics
5197 5345
5633 5714
4309
4568
4823
5016
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
No. of Desel Locomotives No. of Electric Locomotive

18. 2600000
2650000
2700000
2750000
2800000
2850000
2900000
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2705084
2699616
2789259
2856185
Consumption of Diesel in KL
Consumption of Diesel in KL

19. 12000
13000
14000
15000
16000
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
13449.98 13853.44
15169.16
15742.89
Electricity Consumption in MKWh
Electricity Consumption in MKWh

20. Environmental sustainability initiatives
• CO2 emission reduction -
1. Implementation of CReDI technology to diesel locomotives
2. Use of 5% bio diesel blended fuel
3. Regenerative breaking project for IGBT based locomotives for
getting carbon credits.
• Energy saving -
1. LED lights at major railway station ( already implemented at
Vijaywada railway station
2. Solar panels over roof tops & rail wagons
• Installation of windmill on surplus land -
1. a 26 MW wind farm in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan
• Implementation of green toilets -
1. Reduction in water consumption by 1/20th to that at present.

21. Conclusion
Sr. No. points
1. Based on social economic & environmental
initiatives, Indian railway is steadily becoming
sustainable.
2. But present rate of improvements needs to be
accelerated.
3. Initiatives taken are giving desired results

22. Reference
Sr. Links
1. http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/asia/indian-railways-to-meet-sustainability-
challenges.html
2. https://www.railsaver.gov.in/index.html
3. http://sustainabilityzero.com/greenrailways/
4. http://wri-india.org/blog/indian-railways-joins-national-carbon-cutting-programme
5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293489154_Inter-
Modal_Shifts_and_Sustainability_Call_for_Freight_Transport_Privatization_in_the_I
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6. https://books.google.de/books?id=ta-
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