Presently, 2428 numbers of Rain Water Harvesting systems, including roof top rain water harvesting systems, have been installed at different locations which also include Railway Stations on Indian Railways .
Railways have decided to install Rain Water Harvesting, wherever feasible from techno-economic considerations i.e. intensity of rain fall, level of water table, soil type, salinity of ground water etc. on all such existing buildings including Railway Stations having roof top area of more than 200 sq meters and all new constructions of built assets, like service building, hospitals, stations buildings (incl. remodelling etc.), railway quarters, workshops/ sheds etc.
various Zones and the Zone-wise position is as under:
|
Zonal Railway
|
Number of Rain Water Harvesting Systems installed
|
|
Central
|
165
|
|
Eastern
|
3
|
|
East Central
|
6
|
|
East Coast
|
67
|
|
Northern
|
436
|
|
North Central
|
35
|
|
North Eastern
|
17
|
|
Northeast Frontier
|
1
|
|
North Western
|
54
|
|
Southern
|
268
|
|
South Central
|
797
|
|
South Eastern
|
78
|
|
South East Central
|
138
|
|
South Western
|
239
|
|
Western
|
37
|
|
West Central
|
87
|
|
Total
|
2428
|
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