Question: The world’s first metro to get Green Certificate is-
(a) Mumbai Metro
(b) Hong Kong Metro
(c) Delhi Metro
(d) Singapore Metro
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On July 28th, 2017, DMRC was awarded the platinum rating for adherence to green building norms by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
- Thus Delhi Metro has become the world’s first ever Metro system to get green certification for all its major buildings and installations.
- Earliar is has got green certifications for its Phase 3 stations, depots and sub stations, 10 residential colonies of DMRC.
- This certificate was given in 3rd edition of the conference on Green Metro Systems held at Metro Bhawan.
- The conference was organized in association with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
- DMRC also successfully achieved the target of generating 20 MW of solar power by the year 2017 by adding another 2.6 MW of solar power facilities across the Metro network.
- Countries’ Energy consumption has increased by 700 percent in the last four decades which will increase three times more by 2030.
- Delhi Metro started its first operation on this 8.3 km. long section between Shahdra and Tis Hazari on December 25, 2002.
Reference:
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/press_reldetails.aspx?id=2Dt8jWU1N2clld
http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/delhi-metro-named-as-worlds-first-and-only-100-green-metro-system/788266/
http://www.thebetterindia.com/110223/delhi-metro-worlds-first-green-metro-eco-initiatives-india/
https://www.newsgram.com/delhi-metro-is-worlds-first-green-metro/
http://topyaps.com/delhi-metro-worlds-first-green
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Metro