In a big leap towards becoming a green railway station, Chennai Central Railway Station has installed 1.5 MW capacity solar panels. With this, 100 per cent energy requirement of the station during the day is met by solar power. Recently, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Railways Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw appreciated the initiative. “A total of 21.90 lakh units of power is generated in a year, of which 8.76 lakh is received from Central and 13.14 lakh from the MMC complex. All three buildings are now powered through solar energy. The initiative brought down expenses of the railways by `1.75 crore per annum,” said a railway official.

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