Efforts are on to make Indian Railways the first Green Railways in the world in the next 10 years with steps like setting up solar energy installations on its unutlilised land, electrification of tracks and moving to bio-diesel, Minister Piyush Goyal told Rajya Sabha.
Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, he said there was no proposal at present to change Railway fares, after the recent hike in diesel costs due to increased excise duty in the general budget.
The minister said the Railways had set the target of 100 per cent electrification of its tracks by 2022.
He informed the House that Railways was reducing its diesel cost inputs by electrifying its tracks on a large scale and will also produce solar energy on its vacant land.
"Probably 10 years from now, can we make Indian Railways the world's first 100 per cent Green Rail," he said
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