By 2030, India hope to be world’s first 100% green railway with net zero-emission: Piyush Goyal

Commerce & Railway Minister Piyush Goyal attended the ‘India Global Week 2020’ through video conferencing. The three-day virtual conference will have 5,000 global participants from 30 nations. It is being addressed by 250 global speakers across 75 sessions.During the conference, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said, “There're clear signs that India is on path of getting back into action. We've always shown ability to bounce back rapidly. Historically, India has suffered many challenges, but we always had resilience to come back into action quickly.” “PM has approved a program for 100% electrification of Indian Railways. We'll be the largest railways in world to be 100% electrified with 120,000 track km across India. By 2030, we hope to be world's first 100% green railway with net zero emission”, added the Railway Minister.