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India’s new solar powered train coaches could save thousands of litres of diesel

Porters transport goods on a hand-pulled trolley to load onto a train at a railway station in Kolkata July 8, 2014. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government disappointed markets with its first major economic policy statement on Tuesday, promising to seek foreign and private funding for the railways but giving no details of how it would lure investors. India's state-owned railways are the fourth-largest in the world. They have suffered from years of low investment and populist policies that have kept fares low. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR3XN4H

The future of India's diesel trains is solar powered coaches Image: REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Devjyot Ghoshal
Roving editor, Quartz India
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