Igbc Narrative Report
Igbc Narrative Report
Igbc Narrative Report
A CAMPUS WITH A COMMITTMENT TO NURTURE THE NATURE & BLESSED WITH SPLENDID BIO-DIVERSITIES
DUST FREE, TOTALLY DIGITISED, WELL ILLUMINATED & SPACIOUS LEARNING FACILITIES PAINTED WITH LOW VOC PAINTS
ON SITE 50 KW GREEN ENERGY BY SOLAR, 100% ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING FIXTURES , CFC FREE REFRIGERANTS
EXCELLENT UN-POLLUTED, COOL, PLASTIC FREE MICRO ENVIRONMENT WHERE FLORA & FAUNA LIVE IN TOTAL HARMONY
BIO-DIGESTER FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT WITH STP, WATERLESS URINALS & DRIP IRRIGATION
CENTRAL RAILWAY SCHOOL KALYAN IS INDEBTED TO
This project was impossible without the leadership of Central Railway administration at
Head Quarters and at Mumbai Division. Hon. General Manager took a special initiative to
make the campus green and generously helped the school with timely guidance and funds.
Personnel Department under the leadership of Shri N. Swaminathan nurtured this
educational institution. Divisional Railway Manager Shri S.K. Jain showed great resolve to
make it happen and Shri N.P. Singh, ADRM Mumbai coordinated various departments to
get the work done in targetted time.
Shri D. K. Sharma
General Manager, Central Railway
The project’s journey started with a very enlightening IGBC seminar in January 2018 at Goa. Shri Sampath
Kumar of IGBC was very helpful in giving his valuable guidance. Ms.Sri Rekha Mavulati from IGBC HQ guided us with
necessary guidance. Shri Vikram Singha was always available to visit the project and furnish valuable inputs.
This documentation is made for the IGBC Green School Certification Programme on behalf of Central
Railway administration. It was a concerted action plan of Central Railway administration to go ahead for
the green campus certification and to do everything possible to make it happen with a missionary zeal
and to meet all standards to comply with the benchmarks.
We are indebted to Hon. General Manager, Central Railway and Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai
Shri S.K. Jain for their vision and sanctioning the funds for this project and consistently monitoring its
progress. Shri N.P. Singh and Shri V.A. Malegaonkar ADRMs have been instrumental in coordinating
various departments in this pursuit. Our heart full of gratitude to all.
This brief contains the summary of work done relentlessly for a period of eighteen months to make the
existing more than hundred years old heritage type building to meet with IGBC standards.
This PDF document is designed in such a way that the highlighted word/s in BLUE when clicked,
shows the relevant attachment as a web page and relevant Exhibits on clicking will help to browse the
numbered supporting documents as web pages showing the exact geolocations of the asset/facility
under reference for universal access to all stakeholders in the process of IGBC Green School
Certification. For example on clicking Rudraksha it takes to the garden in campus where the tree exists.
Lotus pond,Vietnam Early Jack fruit and passion fruits on clicking takes to its geolocation, pit harvesting
or rain water harvesting exactly shows the site and so on. Most of Graphical fragments in this
document also behave the same way on clicking. Attachments to this document are on page 57 and
Exhibits on page 58 given also as web pages.
Documentation, web page designs and submission by: Jacob Thomas, Principal, Central Railway
school & Junior College, Murbad Raod, Kalyan West, Maharashtra. url: www.crskyn.org
Phone : 8828119012 email:[email protected]
CENTRAL RAILWAY SCHOOL KALYAN
GREEN SCHOOL DOCUMENTATION & NARRATIVE REPORT
More than 40% of the students/teachers of the school walk/use bicycles to reach the school as most of the
population in school are from nearby railway colonies. More than 50%of the teachers use public transport,
i.e, suburban electric trains for commuting. Railway station is hardly 500 metres away from the station and
there is a Municipal Transport stop dedicated near the front main gate of the school.
DETAILS OF STUDENTS/TEACHERS COME TO SCHOOL BY WALK/BICYCLE/PUBLIC TRANSPORT
1. BY WALK : 720
2. PUBLIC TRANSPORT : 480
3. BY OTHER MEANS : 500
TOTAL STRENGTH OF STAFF & STUDENTS 1700
GOOGLE MAP SHOWING PROXIMITY OF KALYAN RAILWAY STATION
Landscape plan highlighting the location of areas planted with native / drought tolerant species.
Photographs illustrating turf area is well documented catetgory wise :
Refer to Exhibit Category Micro environment 1-6: documented on http://www.crskyn.org/igbc8.html
Please refer to campus layout attached to this document showing
% of turf covered with cover : Attachment No.4
HEAT EXPOSURE TO SUN : NON-ROOF
Out of the Non-roof area of 8569 square metres, about 2827 square metres (excluding play ground) are
covered with various types of greenery that includes native drought tolerant plants
(http://www.crskyn.org/igbc9.html) and other bio-diversities. Nearly 96% of the non-roof area of campus
excluding playground is covered with trees and plants of various types, named as differnt garden after the
name of renowned scientist as exhibited in Best Practices, the list is well documented under plant list
connected to this link Attachment No.3. The campus has more than 300 species of plant varieties. The
total plant population in campus is more than 3000. Non roof greenery is well documented in Exhibit Nos.
Micro environment 1-6 documented on http://www.crskyn.org/igbc8.html
MINIMISING HEAT EXPOSURE TO SUN : NON-ROOF
Out of the total Roof Area of 4420 square metres of three buildings, hundred per cent roof is white
coloured and minimises heat to improve micro climate and it has been observed that temperature has
declineby by 3-5 degrees due to this. This is documented well in Exhibit : Micro environment 1
documented on http://www.crskyn.org/igbc8.html
TURF 30
TOTAL 2827
Landscape plan highlighting the location of areas planted with native / drought tolerant species.
Photographs illustrating turf area is well documented catetgory wise :
Refer to Exhibit Category Micro environment 1-6:documented on http://www.crskyn.org/igbc9.html
Please refer to campus layout attached to this document showing
% of turf covered with cover : Attachment No.4
WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
DETAILS OF SITE AREA CALCULATION
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PARTICULARS AREA IN M
A. TOTAL SITE ARE OF CAMPUS 12140
B. BUILDING FOOT PRINT MAIN BUILDINGS 1972
C. SCIENCE BLOCK 495
D. AUDITORIUM 320
E. FITNESS CENTRE 100
F. TOILET BLOCKS 100
G. TOTAL BUILDING FOOTPRINT 2987
H. PATHWAY/ROAD INSIDE CAMPUS 584
I BUILDING FOOT PRINT + PATHWAY 3571 3571
J. OPEN AREA (A-I) 8569
K. PLAYGROUND 5625
L. LANDSCAPED AREA FOR VEGETATION ( J - K) 2944
M. PERCENTAGE OF VEGETATED AREA IN OPEN SPACE(excluding playground) = 96%
N. TURF AREA 30
O. NATIVE SPECIES AREA 215
P. DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AREA 2182
Q. OTHER PLANT SPECIES AREA 400
R. TOTAL VEGETATED AREA( N+O+P+Q) 2827
LIST OF NATIVE / DROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIES (INCLUDING TREES, SHRUBS, HERBS, CLIMBERS
AND GRASS) USED IN THE SCHOOL CAMPUS.
To see the complete list of plants click on this link.Attachment No.3
LAYOUT SHOWING EARMARKED AREAS WITH DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS/TREES
Pant list is also categorised in such a manner that the name of the plant with its common and
scientific name is made available with its geo-location in campus.
Photographs illustrating turf area is well documented catetgory wise :
Refer to Exhibit Category Micro environment 1-6: http://www.crskyn.org/igbc9.html
Please refer to campus layout attached to this document showing
% of landscape with vegetation. Campus Layout is given in Attachment No.4
CENTRAL RAILWAY SCHOOL KALYAN
PROJECT SWACHH
RAIN WATER VIDYALAYA
HARVESTING DETAILS
RAIN WATER HARVESTING DETAILS: ROOF & NON-ROOF
The installed irrigation system of campus is cent percent water efficient and water saving-
http://www.crskyn.org/igbc20.html. Beyond this the school has deviced such water saving techniques to
train students aslo to learn the best practices evolved in campus.
They are :
1. Drip irrigation :- All gardens are greenery in campus are hundred percent drip irrigated and well
monitored. Each drip has a potential to give 8 liters per hour to the concerned plant. Materials for this have
been procured from vendors and installed under our supervision.
2. Sprinklers:- These are of different capacities made by school by assembling materials available in the
market and used for turf moisturising under supervision.
3. Wick Irrigation:- is an indigenously developed system where plants are grown in good quality grow bags
where in bags are filled with growing media with a centrally placed wick goes down to a 4 inch pvc pipe on
the base. Wicks gradually draw water and provide mositure for plants through capillay effect. This is one of
the most efficient irrigation practice in school where in the pipe is to be filled once in ten days also there by
saving a huge quantity of water.
4. Hydroponics : Developed in school with commonly available materials and successfully practised to
grow various plants.
All water supplies are metered including treated water from STP which treats 5000 litre sewage water
daily. http://www.crskyn.org/igbc17.html
Photographs or irrigation systems are given as exhibits category wise. Please refer to Exhibits No. Water
conservation 1-6. http://www.crskyn.org/igbc15.html A specimen is also given below:
USE OF TREATED WASTE WATER & WATER USE MONITORING
Treated waste water is stored in tanks and distributed through drip irrigation to plants.
Treated water is occasionally used for selected washing purposes & play space moisturising.
All Water supply points are metered at multiple locations including wells documented in
http://www.crskyn.org/igbc17.html. Click here to see Water Balance Sheet Attachment No.24. 100% of the
Treated Grey water is utilised. Water Balance Sheet is made on actual meter readings.
TOTAL VOLUME OF WASTE WATER GENERATED PER DAY 12,800
(Litre per day)
Click here to see Water Balance Sheet Attachment No.24 100% of the Treated Grey water is utilised.
Practically we have a very holistic approach towards water and every single drop is saved by all possible
means. In monsoon our washroom use maximum water from rooftop harvesting and cut off municipal
supply to main toilet block as there is ample storage of rainwater in over head tanks.
2.With reference to Distributed Power generation it is submitted that the school does not need this as there
is no scope of power failure in school. Railway’s fool-proof regular power supply system is made available
in the school as a backup in case of Maharashtra State Electricity supply lines fail. More over there is Solar
onsite energy available. Hence there is no scope for a DG set as a requirement in the prevailaing situation.
However if IGBC norms desire this as a requirement for this school’s scenario, it will be complied with.
The Fire suppression systems are supplied by a certified vendor, whose certificate on
Halon free system is attached in Attachment No. 12.
Declration from owner regarding Refrigerants & Fire suppression systems used:
Attachment No. 22
WASTE SEGREGATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
School follows a comprehensive Waste Managment System. Each classroom is provided with a trash bin
which is cleaned on daily basis. Each building and floor has colour coded trash bins. Wet waste is
segregated from dry waste. Waste management educative materials with instruction for wet segregation
are installed at multiple points. Dry waste like paper, plastic wrappers etc are gathered from classes
through colour coded bins for dry waste and picked up by Municipal facility in every morning for
further processing.
Food waste from school canteen is collected seperately and send to Bio gas plant by school’s Green
Committee comprised of teachers and students.
Other bio-waste on weeding og gardens etc are deposited in organic compost tank. Leaves collected are
stored and composted for leaf mould manure seperaely. http://www.crskyn.org/igbc59.html
Electronic waste is collected and deposited in a special bin provided by Municipal authorities and routinely
disposed after taking certificates from competent authority. Certificate attached with this- Attchment No.13.
All other bio-waste goes to compost pits of school that generates organic manure for farming and
horticulture purpose in school.
LEAVES BEING PICKED UP FROM CAMPUS FOR MAKING LEAF MOULD IN SCHOOL
GREEN POLICY AND RETROFIT WORK FOR HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
School follows an integrated green policy that is well communicated to the families associated with the
school regarding green practices in households as well.
School has reached already more than 2000 families of children with a free cotton bag made by students
in school under skill development.
On every new admission this cotton bag is given to the family.
School is a declared Zero Plastic Zone.
Being a heritage type more than 100 year old building school tries its level best to do retrofit to maintain in
heritage wood work and instead of buying new furniture, procure abandoned furniture from other railway
units, repair and restore them and maintain them well for use in school. More than 25% of the current
furniture of school is of that category. Total eco-friendly practices are followed in school.
The green policy of school is well illustrated in Exhibits Nos. heritage and retrofit initiatives 1-6
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The Green policy of the school is illustrated as a document in school handbook distributed to students. The
Photograph shown below is symbolic to show retrofit, otherwise shcool makes furniture using only
eco-friendly wood.
PHOTOGRAPH OF A CLASS FILLED WITH ABANDONED FURNITURE FROM ANOTHER UNIT REPAIRED FOR USE
GREEN POLICY AND RETROFIT WORK OF SALVAGED MATERIALS
Being a heritage type more than 100 year old building school tries its level best to do retrofit to maintain in
heritage wood work. Wood work of this more than 100 years old building is mainly of burmese teak or rose
wood. The huge staircases of bumese teak are strengthened through retrofit and maintained well.
Furniture that normally get condemned and wasted after condemnation from concerned depots are taken
are re-used after necessary repairs. The retrofit work thus saved lakhs rupees in revenue and did a lot for
caring environment. There are quite a good number of precious furniture in school, made out of
condemned material as shown below. The main podium of the school and the junior students hide-out are
made like that.
School’s policy on furniture is totally green and all new furniture made are of composite eco-
friendly boards and laminates. Vendor’s Certificate complying to IGBC standards of eco-friendly plywood
supplied is given in Attachment No. 27. Please see Exhibit No.20
The Furniture made of eco-friendly materials are shown in
Exhibit No. 16 http://www.crskyn.org/igbc38a.html
However retrofit work on wood is showcased to highlight an exemplary practice of making furniture out of
salvaged materials thus saving money and environment.
PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING CONDEMNED FURNITURE BROUGHT FROM ANOTHER UNIT FOR RESTORATION AND RE-USE
Parents are advised to send lunch boxes for their children with home
made healthy food. Avoid fast food and junk food for their lunch. School
provides good quality drinking water hence do not burden the school
bags with filled water bottles.
School canteen provides good quality refreshments at subsidized rates.
Students may avail that facility also.
School being a Zero Plastic & Zero Tobacco zone, you are advised not to
carry plastic bags in campus. School promotes zero plastic at homes as
well. As a part of this policy, we have provided more good quality cotton
bags free of cost to more than 2000 homes associated with the school. If
you are a new parent you also will be given a cotton bag for domestic use
from school free of cost. We promote a zero plastic community and a
green city. Parents are advised to restrain from the use of tobacco in any
form to be role models for their children.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
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TOBACCO AND SMOKE CONTROL IN SCHOOL CAMPUS
KG CLASS ROOMS WITH NON-WOOD FURNITURE & LECTURE ROOM WITH ECO-FRIENDLY PLYWOOD FURNITURE
DAY LIGHT OF CLASSROOMS & ILLUMINATION OF CLASSES & OTHER FACILITIES
Each regularly occupied area like Classrooms, different labs, library, reading room, activity centre, staff
room all well illuminated with natural light except in air conditioned & closed facilities. Each area is tested
with a digital Lux Meter and photos of reading exhibited. To see Lux Meter readings click on this link.
Detailed documentation is done in Exhibit Nos. lighting and air quality 1-2
http://www.crskyn.org/igbc40.html. From the tested values it is seen that 100% prescribed level is
achieved
TESTED VALUES OF FACILITIES WITH LUX METER
ILLUMINAION LEVEL
CARPET AREA ILLUMINAION LEVEL ACHIEVED/NOT
SPACE 2 MONITORED BY LUX
IN M PRESCRIBED (LUX) ACHIEVED
METER (LUX)
CLASS 1-A 50 300 560 ACHIEVED
CLASS 1-B 50 300 560 ACHIEVED
CLASS 2-A 50 300 567 ACHIEVED
CLASS 2-B 50 300 567 ACHIEVED
CLASS 3-A 50 300 869 ACHIEVED
CLASS 3-B 50 300 860 ACHIEVED
CLASS 4-A 50 300 850 ACHIEVED
CLASS 4-B 50 300 856 ACHIEVED
CLASS 5-A 50 300 869 ACHIEVED
CLASS 5-B 50 300 869 ACHIEVED
CLASS 6-A 50 300 988 ACHIEVED
CLASS 6-B 50 300 450 ACHIEVED
CLASS 7-A 50 300 467 ACHIEVED
CLASS 7-B 50 300 465 ACHIEVED
CLASS 8-A 50 300 469 ACHIEVED
CLASS 8-B 50 300 470 ACHIEVED
CLASS 9-A 50 300 419 ACHIEVED
CLASS 9-B 50 300 420 ACHIEVED
CLASS 10-A 50 300 425 ACHIEVED
CLASS 10-B 50 300 425 ACHIEVED
CLASS 11-S 54 300 586 ACHIEVED
CLASS 12-S 54 300 552 ACHIEVED
CLASS 11-C 50 300 450 ACHIEVED
KG CLASSES 100 300 560 ACHIEVED
CLASS 12-C 50 300 450 ACHIEVED
LIBRARY 100 300 476 ACHIEVED
LAB-PHYSICS & BIO 108 300 885 ACHIEVED
LAB- CHEMISTRY 50 300 513 ACHIEVED
FITNESS CENTRE 100 300 600 ACHIEVED
COMPUTER LABS 100 300 425 ACHIEVED
STAFF ROOMS 100 300 545 ACHIEVED
OFFICE BLOCK 90 300 560 ACHIEVED
NCC OFFICE 50 300 540 ACHIEVED
WELLNESS CENTRE 50 300 450 ACHIEVED
AUDITORIUM 320 300 350 ACHIEVED
ACTIVITY ROOM 50 300 560 ACHIEVED
TOTAL REGULARLY 2426 % OF REGULARLY OCCUPIED AREAS ACHIEVED TOTAL AREA
OCCUPIED AREA PRESCRIBED ILLUMINATION LEVEL = 100% ACHIEVED
TOXIN FREE ENVIRONMENT
The School Management is committed to keep a toxin free environment. The school is painted last in
2018-19 both exterior and all interiors with low VOC Asian Paints & Dulux Paints confirming to Flat Top
Coat and Non-Flat Top Coat applicable standard GS-11 Interiors are painted with Tractor Emulsion-
Smooth wall finsh & interior paint & exteriors with Apex Ultima Whether proof exterior emulsion both
comply to the green standard. Brochure of Asian Paints is attached with this- Attachment No.14 The
original Bills are available with the school accounts department and can be varified. The certificate issued
by vendor is given below:
The School has adequate exhaust systems for various facilities like canteen, Exhaust Fans of different
dimensions are used at vrious facilities like Laboratories and Washrooms.These are well documented as
shown below:
School maintains a routine Flush-out schedule after every painting and fogging. Generally before the re-
opening after each vacation a one week flush out is observed. In case of paintings a flush out period of 10
days are observed, despite using totally eco-friendly materials low VOC paints confirming to standards. All
doors and windows kept open during this period and exhaust fans kept on wherever available.
DECLARATION LETTER ON FLUSH OUT
TOILET FACILITIES , HYGIENE & SANITATION
School toilets are cleaned two to three times during working days. Each section is assigned to a
designated person. A log book is maintained by the House Keeping Committee. Head of House Keeping
routinely visits and check the cleanliness personally. Senior lady staff is assigned to oversee the house
keeping. Principal personally inspects and conduct random surveys on the cleanliness of rest rooms from
stakeholders as well. Eco friendly cleaning materials are provided to clean. At multiple points Top quality
Waterless Urinals of Hindware make are installed. Hand wash is provided in all rest rooms and hangers
and wash basins are provided complying to age of students. Floor plan is given as attachment No 1-2
Log Sheet of Restroom maintainance is given as Attachment No.15 School toilets are well maintained and
documented in Exhibit Nos. Wellness of inhabitants 4-5 http://www.crskyn.org/igbc14.html School has
excellent sanitation facilities as shown in Exhibit Nos. Hygience & Sanitation 1-3
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School maintains a routine check up of drinking water facilities and all water purifiers are well maintained
through professional services. Designated staff maintains a log book on routine checks like TDS and
qualified professional services are outsourced for water quality checks. Reports are given as Attachment
No.23
SPECIMEN PHOTOS OF WELL MAINTAINED DRINKING WATER & HAND WASH FACILITIES
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
School maintains a good and specious Canteen for providing quality food at subsidised rates to students.
A certified Vendor is engaged to maintian the school canteen. Food quality inspections are done by
Municipal authorities and also by qualified Medical Professionals from Railway’s Medical Department. List
of food items served are given below. Declaration form owner is attached as Attachment No.20
School the best of sports facilities in campus through professionally qualified personnel and the best of
amenities. We conducts special camps for coaching and daily morning training sessions other than the
routine physical education activities. As a result shcool children have become champions in district, state
and national level sporting events. Recreational facilities are shown in Exhibit Nos. Wellness of inhabitants
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DETAILS OF INDOOR & OUT DOOR GAME FACILITIES
INDOOR GAMES OUT DOOR GAMES
1. CHESS 1. FOOT BALL
2. CARROM 2. VOLLEY BALL
3. SHUTTLE BADMINTON 3. THROW BALL
4. WEIGHT LIFTING 4. CRICKET
5. BOXING 5. KABBADI
6. KARATE 6. KHO KHO
7. TRACK EVENTS
SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
1. We have well maintained extensive garden patches covering about 57% of total area i.e
about 5342 m2 of the School including Herbal garden, Butterfly garden, Botanical garden and
Rose garden.
Entire boundary wall of school is adjoined by linear patches of gardens with more than 300
species of trees, shrubs and herbs.
2. Functional Biogas plant with two digesters each fed with green waste of 7 kg per day and
the biogas generated is utilised in chemistry laboratory and school canteen.
3. 50% of roof surface area of school has water Harvesting system in about 895 m2 that
harvest 17,52,000 litres of water per year. After covering the entire campus more than 80% of
the total roof top of the school buildings will be utilised for water harvesting.
4. Sewage Treatment Plant:-Treats 5000 litres of sewage per day, the treated water is
supplied to gardens by drip irrigation, ground moistening and selective washing of
agricultural instruments, door mats etc.
5. All the garden of schools are drip irrigated.
6. Innovative Zone of Hydroponics and Wick irrigation are developed in school with about 10
species of vegetables and ornamental plants are growing successfully .The Zone has about
100 grow bagged plants.
7. Solar Panel installed on Science Block generates 50 KiloWatt of electricity.
8. No Plastic Zone:- Entire school campus is plastic free zone.
9. Project Cotton Bags: Cotton bags stitched by teachers and students as part of skill
development are distributed to every students and have reached every home of school family
to avoid use of plastic bags. 2000 cotton bags have been distributed.
10. Turfs: About 30 m2area is turfed which prevents soil erosion.
11. All the Electrical gadgets used in school building are energy saving.
12. Decomposition pit – All the green waste generated in school campus is decomposed in
decomposition pit and the compost formed is used in gardens. Vermicomposting is also
successfully done.
Strategies adopted for implementation:
1. All the gardens are maintained and updated by teachers, group D staff and students with
no full time gardening professional engaged.
2. Feeding of Biogas plant done by the green waste generated in school canteen ,brought
by teachers and students from their homes and from near by vegetable shop.
3. Water Harvesting System, Sewage treatment plant , Drip irrigation network, Zones of
hydroponics and wick irrigation, Solar Panel , Turfs , Electrical gadgets are properly
functional and regularly maintained .
GREEN EDUCATION
Guidelines and Examples
Objective: To develop a feeling of concern for nature and eco friendliness among
students and best utilization of existing assets in natural style.
Guidelines followed at operational level:-
A) Energy saving measures: 1. Solar Panel 2. Biogas plant.
B) Water Conservation: Rain water harvesting system.
Leaking taps and broken pipelines are immediately
repaired.
C) Waste Management: Separate disposal of bio-degradable, non bio-degradable and
e-waste with separate sets of dustbins fitted in the campus. Utilization of
biodegradable waste in biogas plant and STP.
D) Eco friendly commuting practices-
1. Distribution and use of cotton bags made in school to every student and
formal guests.
2. Reuse of one sided papers for writing and printing.
3. For informal get-togethers of school family only reusable metallic/glass/fibre
crockery is used avoiding thermocol and plastic.
MONITORING OF GREEN FEATURE IMPLEMENTED:
Regular maintenance and update of all the eco-friendly assets of school, gardens by
teachers and students.
Gardens watered regularly everyday, weeded, supplied with manure and organic
fertilizers as and when required for the nourishment of plants and soil.
Guideline-2
1. Gardening by teachers and students in zero periods, physical education periods
and by teachers in their free periods, after school hours and during holidays.
2. e-waste collection is done in government authorised e-waste bins and sent to
Kalyan Dombivali Municipality Corporation.
3. Awareness campaigns to nearby communities on importance of health , nutritious
food and hygiene;
· Regular health check up of all the students is done in the month of August
every year and that for the teachers in the month of February every year.
· Vaccination programme for Measles and Rubella for all students in the
month of November 2018 was done successfully covering more than 90%
students.
4. Biodiversity conservation :-
I. Plantation programme at Budha Vihar, Ashok Nagar , Railway Colony, Kalyan by
136 students and 15 teachers of school on 28/7/2018 where more than 1000
saplings of tree species were planted.
II. There are more than 300 species of plants surving successfully in school campus.
III. The artificially developed flora has been an obvious generative source of attraction
for successful survival of fauna too covering about 60 species of butterflies.
IV. Artificial nests have rejuvenated species of pigeons, sparrows, cuckoos , parrots,
humming birds and other nectar sucking birds. This has promoted their natural
nest building on growing trees also.
V. A large number of natural Bee-hives are also observed in the campus.
VI. Five to six varieties of frogs are often seen.
VII. Reptilian diversity has also increased covering lizards, chameleons and
snakes which seem to be very human friendly.
VIII. The gardens have artificially made lotus ponds with six species of lotus
where tortoises and turtles are also successfully flourishing with mosquito larva
eater guppy fishes.
IX. More than 150 earthen pots are kept in all the gardens for meeting the water
requirement of birds throughout the year. They are regularly cleaned and filled
everyday .
X. The School has an aquarium of capacity of 1000 litres with five varieties of fishes.
GREEN EDUCATION
5. Reduction in environmental pollution:–
I. Clean and green environment of school has no plastic pollution, segregated waste
disposal facility , utilization of biodegradable waste , trees growing near school
boundary safeguard the campus from air pollution and noise pollution. The plants
like Saptaparni, Peace- lily, Song of India, Areca palm, Peepal, Money plant and
Sanseveria known for their high efficiency of oxygen production have improved
oxygen concentration in school environment.
II. Zero soil pollution because only manure and organic products are used for soil
enrichment and pest control. Weeding is done either manually or mechanically, no
chemical weedicides are used.
III. The formal guests invited in school are given green welcome by gifting the potted
plants by little angels of the school along with the cotton bags made by students for
skill development.
IV. For informal get togethers of school family only reusable metallic/glass/fibre crockery
is used avoiding thermocol and plastic.
2. Educational Tour:
i. Visit to Matheran on 20/12/2018 by all the students class-X A & B along with their teachers.
ii. Visit of 84 students of class VII to IX to an Exhibition” World of Plastic” at Regency Anantam
,Golivli, Dombivali organised by Mr. Santosh Davakhar and team.
iii. Visit and Participation in “ Photography and Painting Exhibition of Cultural Heritage of
Railways” on 23/2/2019 with 25 students and three teachers, the school team bagged a
cash award of Rs.15,000/-(Fifteen Thousand only).
School uses bio-degradable garbage bags in place of plastic bags to keep the
campus a zero plastic zone in all respects. These bags are mainly used for
inserting in trash bins wherever required. The pictures of the bags used are
given above.
GREEN EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED:-
2. Drawing and Essay writing competition organised by Women Social Service Committee and
Divisional Cultural Academy of Central Railway on the topic “Gandhiji's life and work” on
9/9/2018 and 16/9/2018 respectively in which more than 70 students actively took part.
3. Competition organised in school by Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation
Limited, on 25/9/2018 for Paryatan Parv.
Ø Debate ,Extempore and quiz on topic “ Ecotourism in India”.
Ø Drawing competition on 27/9/2018 on topics - Think Green, Swachha Bharat, Eco
tourism, Incredible India and Save Environment.
1. A)Participation of 25 scouts and 25 guides with four incharge teachers in
Swachhata Abhiyan at CSMT, Mumbai on 2/10/2018- 150th Birth
Anniversary of Bapu.
B) Cleaning of auto stand of Kalyan Railway Station by 18 boys of school with
two incharge teachers.
2. Painting project of 12 car Local train: 20 students and two teachers with Principal painted
and decorated a 12 car local train at Kalwa Car Shed within 9 days from 22/9/2018 to
30/9/2018 that was inaugurally run on 150th Birth Anniversary of Bapu as “Swachhata
Local”.
3. Painting on inner and outer side of School boundary wall, Kalyan Railway station and CSMT
Railway station.
The paintings of boundary wall were judged by DRM, Mumbai and students were awarded.
4. Painting competition of Energy Conservation 2018 organised on 17/10/2018 by BEE-Bureau
of Energy Efficiency with participation of 57 students.
5. Poster Making Competition on 29/10/2018 on “ Awareness and Vaccination program of
Measles and Rubella” that was followed by the Vaccination program of all the students of
school in November 2018 with success rate of 92%.
6. Inter school Drawing Competition- “Art Mela” organised on 6/12/2018 at National Urdu High
School, Kalyan on Swachha Bharat where 25 students participated with two incharged
teachers.
7. Health and Hygiene Program for girls of class-VI and VII and their mothers on 2/2/2019.
8. Preparation of “ Flora of Railway School” by 11 students class-XII Science covering all the
plant species growing on school campus as investigatory project .
THE GREEN ACTIVITIES ARE DOCUMENTED IN EXHIBIT No. GREEN ACTIVITIES 1
Brinjals grown in Hydroponic set up in School Office Frontage to promote soil less farming
SAFETY & SECUIRTY OF INHABITANTS
Central Railway School campus is a totally safe and secure campus for all. While providing excellent
educational services, the management is committed towards the safety of students in all respects.
Bio-metric attendance system is implemented in the school. The presence of the student in class is
marked through School App by class teachers and a real time message is sent to parents on entry to
school and exit from school.
Good two way communication is ensured through a digital platform which is provided free of cost to
parents.
The safety and Secuirty features are docuented through Exhibit Safety of inhabitants1-2
http://www.crskyn.org/igbc48.html
Ministry of HRD, Governent of India in its survey on Swachhata in school has awarded Five Star status
to the school with 93% marks on a 100 point scale in 2018.
In IT enabled education School has bagged the First prize for Excellence in ICT education from
Honourable President of India among all schools in India with Tropies and a cash award of Rupees Nine
Lakhs thus set a trail blazing model for any school in India to follow.
The Farming methods used in campus is one of its kind like Natural Farming that keeps the virginity of
soil free from all toxins. A cow dung based liquid called Jeevamrut is prepared in campus facility and
served to all plants which keeps plants healthy and capable to survive in the worst heat of summer and
give maximum yield. A normal plantain on this type of farming has given a yield of more than 50
kilograms per plantain, which is a record in this suburban area.
The Irrigation system devised through innovation for Wick irrigation is one of its kind and a model for
water saving initiatives.
The Holistic approach of campus is a model for anyone. Animals, birds, fish, tortoise, snakes, honey
bees, butterflies, dogs, cats all have its place in campus and live in harmony with one another, perhaps a
rare scene in any school campus. This practice has shown a wonderful result in promoting peace and
tranquility in the minds of students and shown a sharp decline in aggressive and destructive behaviour
prevailed among them earlier.
To promote love for nature students are gifted with seed filled eco-friendly pencils attached with a bulb of
seeds so as to help them grow it at home.
Children are encouraged to bring a plant rarely found in this locality while coming back from their native
places after vacation.
The revolution against use of plastic has found a unique way in this campus where children have made
more than 2000 cotton bags in our skill development centre and distributed free of cost to each parent in
motivating them to restrain from the use of plastic at homes.
The visitors to campus have always attested that the micro-environment in campus is 3 to 5 degree
cooler than outside.
EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE & INNOVATIVE PRACTICES
The Best Practices are documented in Exhibits: Best Practices 1-11 http://www.crskyn.org/igbc52.html
The performance of on parameters of environment, energy saving, micro-environment, etc are far ahead
of benchmarks. The Bicycle movement of the school is also unique in empowering girls and making an
environment conscious community. The United Nations appreciated Bio-diversities of the school is a role
model for Indian schools. The water saving initiatives like wick irrigation, soil-less farming of the school
are also above bench mark.
School children beautifying their own campus using own ideas and imagination is also a best practice
that makes the educational ambience better and send positive messages to community. See Best
Practices as given in http://www.crskyn.org/igbc52.html
The well maintained School Health Check up programme followed by monitoring and follow-up is also
normally not found in school scenario.
Making Best out of Waste and condemned materials is one thing any one can follow to save money and
environment. The well balanced Flora and Fauna of campus is a quintessential example of holistic
approach in education. Last but not the least, the entire documentation of this project is done in a totally
digitalised way that it doest not cause any harm to environment.
SCHOOL TEAM WITH HON. CHIEF MINISTER OF KERALA SHRI PINARAYI VIJAYAN
ON THEIR VISIT TO HELP THE FLOOD AFFECTED
ANNEXURES/ATTACHMENTS
1. BUILDING PLAN PRIMARY & SCIENCE BLOCK
8. STP BROCHURE
25. SINGLE LINE DRAWING SHOWING THE INSTALLED ENERGY METERING SYSTEM
29. LETTER ON TIE UP FOR PLAY GROUND 30. GREEN POLICY DECLARATION
CENTRAL RAILWAY SCHOOL KALYAN
GREEN SCHOOL DOCUMENTATION & NARRATIVE REPORT
Best Regards
Jacob Thomas,
Principal,
Central Railway School & Jr. College, Murbad Road, Kalyan West, Thane Dist.,Maharashtra-421301