Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : B
The correct answer is South Western Railway. - South Western Railways Zone has introduced biodiesel for trains, operating under its zone.
- South Western Railways Zone is headquarters in Hubli, Karnataka.
- First train Hubballi-Bengaluru Janshatabdi Express powered by 5% biodiesel blended with High-Speed Diesel was flagged off from Hubli.
- Indian Railways initially attempted blending of High-Speed Diesel (HSD) with Bio-Diesel extracted from the Jatropha plant. Jatropha oil had been used in India as biodiesel in remote rural and forest communities; Jatropha oil can be used directly after extraction i.e. without refining in diesel generators and engines.
- Indian Railways have also set up an Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuels (IROAF) to promote Bio-Diesels and other environmentally benign alternate fuels.
- Bio-Diesel is a type of fuel that provides energy for cleaner alternatives as sustainable fuel for diesel locomotives and reduces dependency on fossil fuel especially diesel.
- The management and governance of the Indian Railway are in the hands of the Railway Board.
- The Indian Railway network is divided into 18 zones.
| Zone | Headquarter | | Central Railway | Mumbai | | Eastern Railway | Kolkata | | Western Railway | Mumbai | | Northern Railway | Delhi | | Southern Railway | Chennai Central | | North Central Railway | Prayagraj | | North Eastern Railway | Gorakhpur | | Northeast Frontier Railway | Guwahati | | North Western Railway | Jaipur | | South Central Railway | Secunderabad | | South Coast Railway | Visakhapatnam | | South Eastern Railway | Kolkata | | South East Central Railway | Bilaspur | | South Western Railway | Hubballi | | West Central Railway | Jabalpur | | Kolkata Metro Railway | Kolkata | | East Central Railway | Hajipur | | East Coast Railway | Bhubaneswar |
- The Konkan Railway is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation- is a Union Government Company. Its headquarters is in Navi Mumbai.
- "Train-18" also known as Vande Bharat Express is India's first indigenously designed higher-speed rail intercity electric multiple units made under the Indian government's Make in India initiative.
- The first rail in India was started on 16 April 1853, from Bombay to Thane.
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