Under green drive, CR installs solar lights at level crossings

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Submitted by shompa on Fri, 2010-12-24 15:12

The railways are trying out several experiments to be environment friendly.
While Central Railway (CR) has begun the process of installation of solar-powered illumination at level crossings along its sections, Western Railway (WR) is one of the first railways to run a train on bio-diesel.

Both these railways have several lakhs of saplings of jathropa seeds along their rail tracks that yield oi

thesaurus: 
Biodiesel
Renewable Energy
Energy
Maharashtra
Jetropha
Toilets
Eco Sanitation
Rail Transport
Biofuel
state: 
Maharashtra
Main Topic: 
Environment
Name of the Newspaper: 
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_under-green-drive-cr-installs-solar-lights-at-level-crossings_1485369
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Publication Date: 
24/12/2010