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Mother Nature Aug /Sep 2017
“Ranchi Machchli Ghar”
India’s largest fresh water aquarium was
recently opened in Ranchi, Jharkhand
Hundreds of varieties of fish and several
rare species have been kept at the aquarium
which has been named “Ranchi Machchli
Ghar”.This aquarium is established over
36,000 square feet area and it has 58 fish
tanks, where 120 species of 1500 fishes
have been exhibited. Besides Indian breeds,
rare and popular species of Fish have been
brought in from Bangkok, Malaysia and
Singapore.
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Delhi metro - the world's first
complete green metro
By adhering to the green building norms for its residential
colonies, the Delhi metro Railway Corporation (DMRC)
has become the world's first completely green metro.
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) awarded the
Delhi metro the platinum rating for adhering to the green
building norms for its 10 residential colonies.Energy
consumption has increased by 700 per cent in the last
four decades in the country and this will increase further three times by 2030. One of the major users
of energy is the transport sector, that also, urban transport. Therefore, it is very relevant to focus on
Metro systems and talk of green Metro.
It is a world class Mass Rapid Transport system that offers comfortable, air conditioned and eco-friendly
services to the commuters and serves Delhi and its satellite cities of Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and
Ghaziabad in National Capital Region (NCR)
DMRC also announced it is now generating 20 megawatts (MW) of solar power, after adding new solar
power facilities that produce 2.6 MW across the Metro network
It is the world's 12th longest metro system in length and 16th largest in ridership
It is built and operated by DMRC, a state-owned company with equal equity participation from Union
Government and Government of Delhi
The Delhi Metro has also contributed tremendously on the environment front by becoming the first ever
railway project in the world to claim carbon credits for regenerative braking
DMRC has also been certified by the United Nations (UN) as the first Metro Rail and Rail based system
in the world to get carbon Credits for reducing Green House gas emissions as it has helped to reduce
pollution levels in the city by 6.3 lakh tons every year thus helping in reducing global warming
It has also set up roof top solar power plants at many of its stations. All stations of the presently under
construction corridors are being constructed as green buildings.