{"id":88058,"date":"2022-08-18T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=88058"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:20:51","slug":"punjab-plans-solarise-orange-line-metro-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-plans-solarise-orange-line-metro-train.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab plans to solarise Orange Line Metro Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has a plan to shift the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy to preserve the environment and save utility expenses, according to news published in the leading newspaper on August 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-distance-based-fares-orange-train.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab govt urged to introduce distance-based fares for Orange Train<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general manager of the Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) mentioned that the only viable solution amid the soaring electricity rates is to shift the Orange Line Train to renewable energy. It was disclosed that this transition will help save PKR 1.9 billion. He went on to say that the government has various plans to shift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-build-along-metro-bus-orange-line-routes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orange Line Train<\/a> to renewable energy. Currently, the department is examining all the plans to determine the most viable transition strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/parking-spaces-metro-orange-line-stations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt to build parking spaces at Metro Orange line stations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the details, one of the plans includes construction of a 50MW to 70MW solar power plant that will activate a mechanism of input to output through WeLink to power up the train.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has a plan to shift the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy to preserve the environment and save utility expenses, according to news published in the leading newspaper on August 16.\u00a0 Read: Punjab govt urged to introduce distance-based fares for Orange Train The general manager of the Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) mentioned that the only viable solution amid the soaring electricity rates is to shift the Orange Line Train to renewable energy. It was disclosed that this transition will help save PKR 1.9 billion. He went on to say that the government has various plans to shift Orange Line Train to renewable energy. Currently, the department is examining all the plans to determine the most viable transition strategy.\u00a0 Read: Govt to build parking spaces at Metro Orange line stations According to the details, one of the plans includes construction of a 50MW to 70MW solar power plant that will activate a mechanism of input to output through WeLink to power up the train.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15017],"tags":[53546,53632],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-orange-line-metro-train","10":"tag-punjab-plans-to-solarise-orange-line-metro-train","11":"cat-15181-id","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab plans to solarise Orange Line Metro Train - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Punjab government has a plan to shift the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy to preserve the environment and save utility expenses..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-plans-solarise-orange-line-metro-train.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab plans to solarise Orange Line Metro Train - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Punjab government has a plan to shift the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy to preserve the environment and save utility expenses..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-plans-solarise-orange-line-metro-train.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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