CARRIAGE WORKSHOP ALAMBAGH, UP

Gold CArrIAGe wOrkshOp ALAmBAGh, UTTAr prAdesh

About the workshop

Alambagh Carriage & Wagon Workshop was established in 1865 under Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway (O & RR) to carry out the Periodical Overhauling (POH) of Rolling Stock of Carriage & Wagon. Sixty years later, in 1925, the O & RR was taken over by the Eastern Indian Railway (EIR) along with the assets and liabilities. Thus, the Carriage & Wagon Workshop, Alambagh became the part and parcel of EIR. Subsequently in 1952, the EIR got merged with Northern Railway. POH of goods stock was gradually reduced and totally stopped with effect from February 1995 onwards. Alambagh Workshop is proud to have achieved coveted International Certifications like - ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 38342, 5S, GreenCo- Gold and NABL Accredited Lab.

Established in 1865, Alambagh workshop has witnessed lot of changes over the last 156 years. In the year 2018, when GreenCo ratings was introduced to us, we went for use of this holistic tool for our process improvement and got BRONZE rating. Since then we have been working with the holistic approach of GreenCo and achieved GOLD rating in January 2021. GreenCo is a HOLISTIC TOOL for overall development, helping the workshop in developing sustainably.

Vivek Khare, Chief Workshop Manager

Key Achievements

1. Installation of rain water harvesting at 2 locations for 430 sq.mtr catchment area. 2. 100% recycling of ETP water for bio tank cleaning. 3. Dry washing of coaches with 25-30 Ltrs of water in spite of 220 - 250 ltrs. earlier. 4. Use of STP treated water for toilet cleaning and gardening purposes. 5. 40% substitution of electrical energy with solar energy. 6. 100% substitution of LDO fired furnaces to electrical furnaces. 7. 100% introduction of LED lights and replacement of 250 Nos. conventional fans by BLDC fans. 8. Installation of small compressors at load centres to minimize the use of 500 CFM compressors. 9. Crushing of waste laminates and compreq boards into smaller pieces to save space by the in house made crusher. 10. Introduction of integrated scrap yard for metallic, wooden, rubber and plastics etc for better up keeping of the workshop.

Unique Initiative

y A winch made from condemned crane parts for trolley movement; earlier done by tractor.

Environmental Benefits :

y Contribution to reduction in SCOPE I carbon emission. y Recycling of waste material (Parts of EOT Crane).

Water Conservation

y Installation of 07 water meters at 03 pumping installations and 04 Nos. on distribution lines for better monitoring. y Rain water harvesting for 430 sq.mtr. catchment area. y Reuse of ETP treated water for bio toilet cleaning. y STP treated water is used for toilet cleaning and gardening. y 100 % recycling of coach water tank testing. y Dry washing of coaches with 25-30 ltrs. of water in spite of 220-250 ltrs. earlier. y Installation of water efficient taps. y Setting of toilet flushes from 10 ltrs. to 06 ltrs.

Energy Efficiency

y Automatic switch off delay timers for all air circulator fans of trimming shop provided leading to 120 KWh for each fan (Rs 12,000 per annum saving). y Use of energy efficient 250 BLDC fans which resulted in savings of 50000 KWh (Rs 4,50,000). y Removal of LDO and use of electrical energy (Replacement of

LDO furnaces by electric furnaces). y Provision of 25 Nos. IGBT based welding plants in place of wire wound type welding plants. y Arresting compressed air leakage is done. Due to this the running of a compressor of 500 CFM is avoided and kept idle as reserve. y Installation of small compressor at load centres to minimize the use of 500 CFM compressors. y Set point at the air compressors is reduced, this has resulted reduction in power consumption as well as the running time of air compressor. y Installation of 893 KWp grid connected solar plant.

Waste management

y Development of integrated waste disposal sytsem where segregation of scrap in ferrous, non-ferrous, low vale items, wooden, etc. is made. y Implementing the scientific approach of waste management by identifying the primary, secondary and tertiary storages leading to final disposal methods. y Recycling of bio waste to produce bio gas for the canteen. y Crushing of condemn waste laminates and compreq boards into smaller pieces to save space by the in house made crusher. y Provision of colour coded bins for collection of different type of waste i.e. metallic, rubber/plastics, glass, bio waste, etc.

Green Supply Chain

y E-tendering is done through IREPS process and the work order is issued in soft copy only. y Condition of reusable/recyclable non plastic packaging to be used in material supply incorporated in store tenders. y Suppliers with category A & B, sent a special request for participation. y Tender cost has been inclusive of transportation cost, hence the mode of transport is proposed minimum by the supplier to remain in the competition. y Transportation preferred is rail parcel since 2019-2020.

Vendors are encouraged to use rail transport.

Contact: mr. manoj Singh, SSE/ISO, Carriage Workshop Northern Railway, Alambagh - 226005, Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH Phone: 9794830475 | E-mail: iso.amvw@gmail.com