A retired railway officer knows how to save water and energy
R K Palhan, former general manager, Central Railways, has two innovations to his credit. One has already been implemented in most railway stations under Central Railways, and the other will take off next year. Media-shy, Palhan believes these small changes, if adopted with active government support, can usher in a silent revolution in the country.
In the early 1990s, he was posted as divisional manager at Nagpur in Maharashtra. "During those days, the Vidarbha region was facing acute drought conditions. There was a continuous shortage of municipal water supply