Kacheguda - First energy efficent rail station in India

Q.  Which Southern railway station has earned the unique distinction of being the first energy efficient A1 category station in India?
- Published on 11 Dec 17

a. Ootacamund
b. Kacheguda
c. Doddabetta
d. Medak

ANSWER: Kacheguda
 
Kacheguda - First energy efficent rail station in IndiaKacheguda Railway Station under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient 'A1 Category' Railway Station on Indian Railways.

The station has achieved 100% energy efficiency by replacing 1,312 conventional lights with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, among other steps.

About 370 ceiling fans, too, were replaced with energy efficient Brushless DC Electrical (BLDC) motors fans, and 12 air conditioners with energy efficient inverter-type air conditioners.

All these measures would save about 1.76 lakh units and Rs.14.08 lakh per annum with reduction of the connected load by 46.18 kW for Railways.

Kacheguda Railway station is a historic building and had completed 100 years.

Situated in the heart of Hyderabad, it was built in 1916 by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam.

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