NFR General Manager Anshul Gupta inaugurates its first-ever smart automatic coach washing plant at Kamakhya Coach Maintenance Depot, Guwahati on March 2. (Photo Courtesy: NFR)
Guwahati, March 2 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway NFR) has installed its first-ever smart automatic coach washing plant (ACWP) at Kamakhya Coach Maintenance Depot, Guwahati on March 2.
The plant, having multistage cleaning facility and big step towards commitment of water conservation, was inaugurated by Anshul Gupta, NFR General Manager, informed an official release.
This system is eco-friendly and provides an efficient and cost effective technique for outer body cleaning with optimum utilization of water, added the release from NFR CPRO.
Currently, coaches were being manually cleaned, a time as well as water consuming process, it said, adding that the ACWP “ensures reduce, recycle and reuse principle through its water treatment plant.”
The plant uses only 300 litres of water out of which 80% is recycled water and only 60 litres (20%) is fresh water as compared to 1500 litres per coach in manual cleaning, the release said.
The plant can clean up to 300 to 350 coaches per day and can save around 1440 litres of water per coach in cleaning activities, saving 34 thousand litres of water per rake of 24 coaches, it highlighted.
The system is equipped with controlled chemical and soap dilution, which ensures no pollution.
The plant is equipped with PLC based Intelligent Control System which auto starts when a train enters and can count the number of coaches, calculate the speed of train and generate a MIS report, it informed.
The NFR Railway plans to install 8 more ACWPs in Siliguri, New Jalpaiguri, Dibrugarh, Katihar, Silchar, Naharlagun, Alipurduar and Agartala in the near future, it added.
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