In shift to green track, ICF gets e-carts to transport materials

A press release issued by the Integral Coach Factory here on Friday said it was pertinent to mention that 100 per cent of energy consumption of ICF was being generated through green energy sources such as wind mills and solar panels.

At present, the movement of materials from the storage wards to the production shops was being done using diesel operated fork lifts, hand carts and by manually carrying the same.

“With a view to stop pollution by way of diesel that is being used in the fork lifts and also to ease the burden of moving the materials through hand carts or person, ICF has launched e-carts in its Furnishing Division,” the release said.

About 14 battery operated e-carts have been now put in service with different carrying capacity such as 900 kg, 650 kg and 350 kg.

In future, this would be increased depending upon the demands.

The e-carts would operate on battery and as such there would be zero emission, apart from being noise free.

They would also ensure safe and smooth transportation of materials from place to place, since these vehicles have a maximum speed of 15 kmph only.

Earlier the fork lifts were used which were consuming on an average of 20 litres of diesel per day per vehicle.  “Hence fuel consumption will also be now saved effectively,” it said