Palakkad division first in Southern Railway to comply with NGT orders

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Palakkad division obtained consent to operate (CTO) certification from the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) for its 15 railway stations. The stations include Palakkad Junction, Ottapalam, Shoranur, Kuttippuram, Tirur, Kozhikode, Quilandi, Vadakra, Thalassery, Kannur, Payyanur, Kanhangad, Kasaragod in Kerala and Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction in Karnataka. 

As part of the certification, PCB officials inspected all the stations for compliance with environmental norms. Palakkad is the first division in Southern Railway to complete the certification process of all the nominated stations in the division.  

GREEN TRIBUNAL RULING

Railways was also brought under the purview of Water Act 1974,  Air Act (Prevention and Control of Pollution) and Environmental Protection Act 1986 in an order passed by National Green Tribunal (NGT)  on December 30, 2018, in a  ruling on Saloni Singh and Others vs Union of India and others  (OA No.141/2014).  On August 18, 2020, NGT passed an order to comply with the above acts in 720 major railway stations of Indian Railways. In Southern Railway, 72 stations are categorised under major railway stations, out of that 15 stations are in Palakkad Division.

ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION

Palakkad division obtained certification for the environmental management system (ISO 14001) for the 15  stations in 2019 and completed energy audits in all these stations. Water audit has been completed in six stations. Railway has further planned to implement a sewerage treatment plant, material recovery facility,  composting bin for bio-degradable waste, water recycling plant. 

Based on these actions and initiatives on the environmental front, State Pollution Control Boards issued CTOs to the railway stations. Thirteen Railway stations of  Kerala got certification from the  Kerala State Pollution Control Board, while  Mangaluru Central, Mangaluru Junction got the certification from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.

Mangaluru Central Is Certified For Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
Apart from this, the Palakkad division has also completed projects for rainwater harvesting and solar power generation. With this, the Palakkad division has set new milestones in environmental sustainability.

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