EASTERN RAILWAY’S INITIATIVE TOWARDS ENERGY CONSERVATION & POLLUTION CONTROL

EASTERN RAILWAY’S INITIATIVE TOWARDS ENERGY CONSERVATION & POLLUTION CONTROL

Kolkata, November 11, 2015:

Eastern Railway in its endeavour to further conserve the electrical energy have facilitated its employee under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) with the help of M/s EESL, a joint venture of Central PSU of Ministry of Power. The programme is launched at Eastern Railway’s Headquarters by Shri R. K. Gupta, General Manager, Eastern Railway. Shri Gupta stressed the Eastern Railway’s commitment towards energy saving and announced participation of Eastern Railway in the DELP programme which will pave the way among the railway employee to conserve energy by use of LED bulbs in their houses.

Shri Gupta addressing o­n the occasion said that as a part of energy conservation and reduction of carbon emission, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India have instituted a Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) and decided to distribute 7 watt LED bulb under this scheme through their nominated agency M/s Energy Efficiency Service Ltd.(EESL), which is a joint venture of central PSU of Ministry of Power. This is a voluntary scheme. Railway is facilitator for its employees.

Shri Gupta said that in our country, lighting accounts for almost 20% of the total electricity demand and is a major component of the peak load. The majority of lighting needs in the country are met by incandescent bulbs, particularly in the household sector. These are very inefficient in energy as over 90% of the electricity is converted into heat and o­nly up to 10% is used for lighting.

General Manager distributed LED bulbs to all railway staff irrespective whether he lives in railway colony or outside, as the benefit will be of National interest. About 19,000 LED bulbs were distributed to railway employees o­n the occasion of DIPAVALI.

Shri B. K. Patel, Additional General Manager, Eastern Railway &Shri A. K. Gupta, Chief Electrical Engineer (CEE) and other Principal Heads of the Departments were present o­n the occasion.