Which zone of the Indian Railways has commissioned the governments first waste-to-energy plant? *

2023

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Which zone of the Indian Railways has commissioned the government’s first waste-to-energy plant? *

A	Southern Railway
B	South Central Railway
C	East coast Railway
D	Northern Railway

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Bhubaneswar. Indian Railways has commissioned the country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having a capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first waste-to-energy plant was set up in Timarpur in Delhi in 1987. Built by a company from Denmark, the plant was supposed to incinerate 300 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day to generate 3.75 megawatts of electricity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first electric train ran in India with the inauguration of services between Bombay VT and Kurla Harbour on 3rd Feb 1925 on ex-GIP Railway system.

Detailed explanation-4: -West Central Railway has become the first zone on Indian Railways whose entire route is lectrified. Electrification has been done for 3012 kms.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Timarpur Okhla Municipal Solid Waste Management plant, a private-public partnership project of the Jindal ITF Ecoplis and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is India’s first waste-to-energy plant.

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