Pollution control by Checking Railway Engine.

[sushil kumar]

DWARKA FORUM Dwarka Ki Awaaz                                           (Regn No. S-63070)         (A Welfare Association of Residents & RWA's / CGHS Representatives of Dwarka Sub-City)

Shri Mukul Roy

Honable Minister of Railway

Government of India.

Sir,

Greetings from Dwarka Forum.

We would like to bring your kind attention on attachment which was obtained by an alert citizen of Dwarka which revels that there is no provision for pollution checking of railway Engine which is a cause of concern for all of us.You will appreciate that environment is an issue on which all the countries of the world including our country are worried and looking for control of green house omission and considering the fact it appears as a great surprise that railway ministry is looking otherwise.  

There is a drive where any citizen caught with a vehicle which has no pollution certificate is being punished where as these small vehicle consumes very less petroleum product with respect to a railway engine.still in India we are operating diesel engine in big numbers and with immediate attention we can reduce the level of pollution by monitoring it.

We request on behalf of 6 lakhs people of Dwarka to give appropriate instruction to concerned officials.

Best Regards

Rajiv Solanki

General Secretary. 

[Sanjeev Goyal]

reply received from IR. Cites there is no law to enforce pollution checking.

Thanks.

S K Goyal

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[Sushil Kumar]

let us accept the commitment of IR at face value and hope that it will take appropriate measure to lessen carbon emission.

Even though there is no law in force and they have initiated action on their own must be appreciated.

We will certainly follow up for sure.

Regards.

[Sanjeev Goyal]

Madam,

Refer appended mail of 27 June 2012, request you to up date if any action has been initiated by CPCB in order to curb the pollution spread by IR locomotives.

Thanks.

S K Goyal

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Sanjeev Goyal <cwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

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No. SKG/IR/010                       30-Jun-2012

 Sh S M Sharma, Director mechanical Engineer (Tr.)

Ministry of Railways, Railway Board,

Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road,

New Delhi-110001.

 

 Sir,

 

Ref No. 2012/M(L)/733/1/RTI dated 18 June 2012.

 

I appreciate your efforts in clarifying the current status of pollution test of locomotives. But the basic question remain the same when all the vehicle running of roads are subjected to pollution check how far it is correct for railways to keep itself insulated take shelter under the guise of law?  That too……..when the pollution testing for vehicles is in force for past 20 years. In other words railways in 20 years could not gear itself for pollution testing of locomotives.

 

Thought it is appreciated that IR is setting up some mechanism for testing the emissions from their locomotives as per international standards. But please appreciate these kind of R& D activities are generally not time bound, 20 years have already passed and still railways has not been able to do it. This proposed comparison with International standards may prove to be of insignificant value if not done in a time bound manner and with a target to implement it and not making it an activity limited for research purposes. I hope that this is not merely a measuring exercise. I request that suitable steps be taken to complete this whole exercise on priority basis.

 

Further I would like to draw your attention towards the fact while IR is yet to set up a center to measure the emission from its locomotives world is progressing to enter an era of using clean fuel i.e. Hydrogen Power & LNG for running the trains. I hope that IR must have started its thought process in this direction. I would appreciate if you could throw some light on the progress of IR in this direction.

 

Thanks

 

Please acknowledge,

 Yours faithfully,

 

 (S K Goyal)

D-103 Shivam Apts,

Plot-14, Sec-12,

Dwarka, N Delhi-110078.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Sanjeev Goyal <cwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

SKG/CPCB/001  27 June 2012

Smt. Mira Mehrishi, Chairperson

Central Pollution Control Board, ‘Parivesh Bhavan’, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi – 110 032 Tel No.: 011- 22304948, 22307233 Fax No.: 011- 22304948 Email.: ccb....@nic.in

PRIORITY

 

Sub: Pollution Test Check of Railway Diesel Engines.

 

Madam,

 

In recent past in reply of one of RTI Application Indian Railways (IR) has divulged that locomotive run by it do not pass thru any pollution control test. As a matter of fact, IR consumed a whopping quantity of 256 crores liters of diesel during 2010-11 alone. While it is mandatory for all the vehicle running on surface to get pollution of vehicle tested once every quarter, the locomotives of IR enjoys exemption from this rule. In response IR has stated that presently there is no legislation in the country for limiting the emission from locomotives. It is felt that IR cannot be allowed to shy away from its social responsibility like this. This huge consumption of fuel should not be allowed to escape the pollution test.

 

Accordingly, absence of any rule, as cited by IR, is playing a crucial role in this patent lapse. Therefore, you are requested to take up & pursue the matter with Ministry of Law for framing appropriate rules for compulsory periodic pollution test of all engines run by IR.

Thanks

 

Please acknowledge,

Yours faithfully,

  

(S K Goyal)

D-103 Shivam Apts,

Plot-14, Sec-12,

Dwarka, N Delhi-110078.

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