Indian Green Building Council awards gold rating to Tirupati station

TIRUPATI: The Tirupati railway station has been awarded gold rating by the Indian Green Building Council, because of the eminent facilities provided by the station and encouragement to reduce its carbon foot print.

The Tirupati railway station stood ahead in terms of facilities provided to its passengers, such as foot-over-bridges, lifts and escalators (on all platforms), drinking water points, snack kiosks, porters, wheel chairs, and 100 per cent outdoor lighting fixtures with LED lamps.

The station has a housekeeping plan, a 40 kWp solar rooftop system that caters to 11.7 per cent of the station’s non-traction energy consumption, a solar water heating system and smart passenger services to improve passengers experience.

The station has kept separate bins for collection of dry and wet waste on all platform to keep station clean and it also provides drinking water conforming to the Indian Standard 10500, and has seven RO water vending machines placed inside the station. The CII-IGBC with the support of Environment Directorate of Indian Railway has developed the Green Railway Stations rating system. IGBC Green Railway Stations rating system is a voluntary and consensus based programme. The main objective of the rating is to facilitate adoption of green concepts, thereby reduce the adverse environmental impacts due to station operation & maintenance, and enhance the overall commuter experience at the station. The rating system is designed in a way that will help the station management to understand their present position with the ‘green performance’ of the station and will help to ensure enhancement in the performance on continue basis.