Thousands of school children thronged Barrackpore station when the Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) rolled into platform number 1. This is a 16-coach, solar powered AC train travelling across the country to highlight features of climate change.
Some of the students waited hours for their turn to board the train and gain knowledge on the subject that has taken the world by storm. The exhibition train is being run by Indian Railways for the Centre for Environment Education and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Among those who viewed the exhibits inaugurated by Sealdah divisional railway manager Jaya Varma Sinha was Scott Furssedonn-Wood, British deputy high commissioner in Kolkata.
The students were briefed by 35 rained communicators in the coaches that had pavilions on Trans-Himalaya and Himalayas, Gangetic Plain, Northeast region, Western Ghats, Indian Desert and Semi-Arid Zone, Deccan Peninsula, The Coasts and the Islands, climate change, water and bio-diversity. Eight coaches are dedicated to India’s biodiversity in the form of interactive exhibits, short films and videos that are shown on plasma and LED TV screens, large format displays, kiosks and backlit panels.
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