Ahmedabad based Kankaria Becomes India’s First Water Neutral Coaching Depot; Does the Wonder by Using Plants to Purify Water

• Kankaria Coaching Depot, Ahmedabad (Western Railway) declared India's first 'water neutral' coaching depot by Ministry of Railways.
• Uses phytoremediation (plant-based purification) plus multi-stage treatment to recycle coach-washing wastewater, saving ~1.60 lakh litres/day (~5.84 crore litres/year).
• Relevance: GS-III (environment, conservation, sustainable infrastructure) + Prelims (Science & Tech – bioremediation; Railways green initiatives).