Railway stations in Mangaluru among 15 to get certification
The Hindu
Palakkad Division is the first in Southern Railway to complete process
Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction railway stations are among the 15 major railway stations for which Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division has obtained Consent to Operate certification from respective State pollution control boards. The certification was obtained pursuant to orders passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which brought the Railways under the purview of the Water and Air Acts on December 30, 2018. Subsequently, the tribunal directed the Railways to comply with its earlier order with respect to 720 major railway stations in the country, said a release from Palakkad Division of Southern Railway. While Southern Railway has 72 stations categorised as major railway stations, Palakkad Division has 15 among them.More Related News