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The Delhi Metro Station Cooling Towers
August, 2009
The Delhi Metro is a rapid
transit
system in the Indian city of Delhi
that is being built and is operated by the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC).
The first section of the Delhi Metro was
opened on December 24, 2002. It is the
second underground rapid transit system in
India, after Kolkata. The Delhi Metro has a
combination of elevated, at-grade and
underground lines, and has carried over a
billion commuters in seven years since its
inauguration.
The first line opened on December 24, 2002
and the entire Phase I of the project was
completed in December 2005, on budget and
almost three years ahead of schedule, an
achievement described as "nothing short of a
miracle".
The Delhi Metro has won awards for
environmentally friendly practices from
organizations including the United
Nations, RINA and the International
Organization for Standardization,
becoming the first metro in the world to
be ISO 14001 certified for
environmentally friendly construction.
Most of the Metro stations on
the Blue Line conduct rainwater
harvesting as an environmental
protection measure. It is also the first
railway project in the world to earn
carbon credits after being registered
with the United Nations under the Clean
Development Mechanism, and has so far
earned 400,000 carbon credits by saving
energy through the use of regenerative
braking systems on its trains.
In keeping with this Environmentally
Aware System, Rust Bullet Products were
chosen to safely and cleanly address the
issues of existing corrosion and protect
from future corrosion.
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