GUEST LECTURE
Mr.A.SRIDHARAN, ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER, of RAIL NEER PLANT, PALUR, and KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT delivered a special lecture on “RAIL NEER PLANT OPERATION WITH INSTRUMENTATION CONTROLS” at EIE Department on 08-09-2015.
On his lecture he elaborated about Rail Neer Plant that:
To enhance passenger amenities, the IRCTC launched Rail Neer, a branded packaged drinking water for the rail commuters. Rail Neer is processed, purified and bottled at state-of-art plants. Completely automatic plant and no manual handling of product water at any stage. IRCTC stands for quality and has a key role in ensuring service and product of the highest quality for the rail passenger as well as visitor to any railway premises. High quality product can only be ensured when production is in-house under full control and supervision of IRCTC.
Palur (Chennai):
This is the latest (third) plant set up by IRCTC in 2010. This is located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The purpose is to supply safe drinking water to trains and stations in state of Tamil nadu and Banglore in Karnatka.
The plant is being setup on area of 4500 sq meters. The building is constructed in such a manner that there is no need of artificial lighting during day time.
The waste water discharge from Water treatment plant has been reduced to 10%. This is achieved by incorporating concepts of Secondary RO in the Water treatment scheme.
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Establishment |
Operational |
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Project cost |
Rs. 20 crores (Approx) |
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Factory area |
9000 sq mtr |
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Production Capacity |
180000 bottles/day |
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Source of Water |
Ground Water |
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Address |
Rail Neer Plant, Palur Railway Station, Chengalpattu – Kanchipuram Main Road, Palur Village, Chengalpattu Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Pin - 603 101, |