Building upon its achievements of last financial year, North Central Railways (NCR) has successfully generated 38.4 lakh units of electricity using solar power in the first quarter of FY 2022-23.
The achievement comes close to last year’s success when excellent upkeep and close monitoring of operations of solar power plant combined with various innovative steps taken under Solar Mission-2021-22 had seen productivity of solar plants of NCR in 2021-22 being the highest among all zonal railways. In last financial year, NCR had generated 124 lakh units of electricity using solar power and a net revenue saving of ₹5.01 crore.
“Net revenue saving of ₹1.56 crore has been achieved through the usage of solar power in Q1,” informed chief public relations officer (CPRO) of NCR Shivam Sharma.
