Ministry of Railways and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) signed Letters of Intent(LOI) on Environment Initiatives

The focused areas identified for joint activities would be to:

• Collaborate in Formulating Specific Roadmap for achieving 20% reduction in Water consumption at Railway establishments.
• Collaborate in the development of a Draft action plan for establishing waste management centres at major stations on Indian Railways.
• Collaborate in the development of a Draft action plan for Indian Railways on sustainable public procurement for green technology.

About UNEP:

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of United Nations assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. Founded by Maurice Strong, its first director, as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference) in June 1972 and has its headquarters in the Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.