Bhopal railway station has been selected by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for the ‘Madhya Pradesh Annual Environment Award’. This award will be given in the award distribution function organized by the Madhya Pradesh government for various commendable works done at Bhopal station in the direction of environmental protection.
Regular cleaning of station premises for environmental protection, treatment of waste water from all platforms, passenger waiting rooms, retiring rooms and service buildings etc. is done through sewage treatment plant set up at Bhopal station. The capacity of this plant is 10 lakh liters per day, through which the treated water is re-stored and used for washing all the platforms and washing of washable aprons and for water use in the developed gardens etc.
About 700 solar power panels have been installed on the cover over shed of the platforms at Bhopal station, from which 240 kW of solar power is generated every day, which is used to run lighting and other electrical equipment in the station premises.
Vermi Compost Generation Unit has been constructed in Eastern Railway Colony located at Bhopal station, so that about 3 cubic meters every fortnight. Under the intensive tree plantation campaign, tree plantation has been done in Bhopal for environmental protection.
For the conservation of rain water at Bhopal station where 100 sq.m. Rainwater harvesting pit has been constructed at suitable location by connecting it through pipeline network, due to which significant increase in ground water level has been registered.