Context: With over 700 crore passengers annually, Indian Railways is not just a transport giant — it’s a climate action champion, playing
a vital role in India’s net zero vision.
🌱 Indian Railways & India’s Panchamrit Goals
🇮🇳 Net Zero by 2070: A key contributor through clean energy and freight shift from road to rail.
🌍 Decarbonisation at Scale: Helping decouple economic growth from emissions.
🛣️ From Road to Rail – A Sustainable Shift
📦 Freight Surge:
- 2013–14: 1,055 million tonnes
- 2024–25: 1,617 million tonnes
👉 Now the 2nd-largest freight carrier in the world.
🌿 CO₂ Emission Savings:
- 143 million tonnes CO₂ avoided
- Equal to planting 121 crore trees
💰 Economic Wins:
₹3.2 lakh crore saved in logistics Saved 2,857 crore litres diesel (₹2 lakh crore)
- 🔋 Railways – The Cleaner Choice
- 🚚 Emits 90% less CO₂ than road transport
- 🌫️ Reduces urban air pollution and enhances air quality
- ⚡ Electrification Drive – Cutting Fossil Fuel Use
🚄 Electrification Growth:
- Pre-2014: 21,000 km in 60 years
- Post-2014: 47,000 km in 11 years
👉 99% of broad-gauge tracks electrified
🔐 Strategic Importance:
- Cuts oil imports
- Enhances energy security
☀️ Solar & Renewable Power
- Solar energy powering stations, factories, and workshops
- Collaboration with states for greener train operations
🚛 Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs)
- 2,741 km operational
- Fully electrified & designed for goods only
- Help reduce diesel use & road congestion
🚉 Innovation – Hydrogen-Powered Trains
- First route: Jind to Sonipat (Haryana)
- Carries up to 2,600 passengers
- World’s most powerful and longest hydrogen train
🌍 Global Recognition
- 📈 World Bank LPI 2023:
- India jumped 16 ranks to 38th in Logistics Performance Index since 2014
🔄 Growth + Green:
- Rail reforms prove economic progress and climate goals can go hand in hand
🎯 Roadmap to Net Zero
- Target: Net Zero by 2030
- Progress: On track to achieve it by 2025
Thanks to: Rapid electrification - Major freight shift to rail
🌿 Conclusion – Green Tracks to a Greener Bharat
- On World Environment Day, Indian Railways symbolizes India’s sustainable development journey.
Every: - ⚡ Electrified track
- ☀️ Solar panel
- 🚛 Freight shift
…brings us closer to a cleaner, greener future.