The Secunderabad railway station in Telangana has been certified as India’s first green railway station by the Indian Green Building Council-Confederation of Industry (IGBC-CII). The railway station has received an IGBC-CII silver rating, which will be re-evaluated after a period of three years. The 13.34 acre railway station’s green features include over 408 variety of trees on which organic fertilizers and pesticides are used, a rooftop solar plant, 100 per cent LED lighting, a sewage treatment plant with 0.5 million litre per day capacity, central waste collection unit, a bottle crushing machine, carbon dioxide sensors, energy and water audits conducted once in every three years, and solar water heaters.