Orga Railway Station on Hatia-Rourkela route became the first ‘Green’ station in Ranchi Division with all solar powered lights and fans at the station and railway colony. Talking to the media persons at his office in Hatia, DRM SK Agrawal said that lohardaga is being developed as an ideal station with all facilities of civil amenities available on it.
“Orga Station on Hatia-Rourkela route has become the first green station of Ranchi Division at an expense of Rs1.7 lakh,” said the DRM. There are about 35-40 Staff quarters in the Railway Colony which have also been connected completely thorough solar power, he added.
Railway officials also revealed that there is a plan to light at least 60 per cent of the lights and fans of each of the Stations in Ranchi Division though solar power to conserve electricity.
“18 lED Solar lighting System have already been provided at various locations at Ranchi Rail Division along with 634 light fittings for various stations lying in the division,” said Senior DCM Neeraj Kumar.
The Ranchi Division will also become first ever Division in India by July 2018 having no unmanned level crossing (UlC), he said. “All unmanned level crossings in the division will eventually be phased out with low height subways (lWS), diversions and manning. 16 lHS has been launched so far during this financial year which is still going on,” said the Senior DCM.
In addition to that efforts are also being made to completely digitalize Ranchi Station with at least 20 PoS Machines fitted on ticket counters and more that a business of Rs6.5 lakh has been done far though this new medium. Kumar said that technically it is very difficult to make it digital completely.
“In another initiative taken by the Ranchi Rail Division, Stations of Religious Importance like Ramgarh are also being developed to cater to the needs of devotees visiting Rajrappa,” said Kumar.
Further, in a bid to make Ranchi a world class station, 450 acres of extra land has been identified for it. Mechanized laundry is also available at Hatia and Ranchi with a capacity of two ton each.
To deal with increasing water crisis, 6 submersible pumps and 1 HSCF pump have been provided for adequate water supply while 122 new energy efficient fans were provided for passengers at various Railway Stations in the Division.