Railways recycles 6k litres of waste water daily at diesel loco-shed in Alambagh

LUCKNOW: As a part of green initiative, 6,000 liters of waste water mixed with grease, oil and cleaning agent post locomotive engines wash is being recycled daily at diesel locomotive shed in Alambagh. On an average 80-90 diesel locomotive engines are washed every month at Lucknow based loco-shed, for which the railway extracts 1.80 lakh liters of groundwater. According to railways, last year in August the diesel locomotive shed installed waste water recycling plant at a cost of Rs 4.80 lakh following which the shed is recycling every drop of water used in washing the engines. Divisional railway manager Sanjay Tripathi of Lucknow division (NR) said, “After the installation of water recycling plant, the diesel locomotive shed has made tremendous improvements in the usage of water. The effluent discharge from shed is processed to remove oil, grease, cleaning agents and then is collected in the pond thus helping the shed to use the recycled water again and again---reducing their need for fresh water.”The project was introduced by senior divisional mechanical engineer Anand Kishore Tiwari. Some part of the recycled water is also used in watering the green plants and trees in the railways vicinity.