HYDERABAD: The Ministry of Railways is running the eight Phase of Science Exhibition, a mobile expo train, in coordination with Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Environment and Forests.
A treasure trove of knowledge, the Science Express will be on display at Rajahmundry, Guntur, Zahirabad, Adoni, Kadiri and Nizamabad railway stations from February 14.
The train will be in Rajahmundry from February 14 to 16, Guntur from February 17 to 19, Zahirabad from February 20 to 23, Adoni from February 24 to 26), Kadiri from February 27 to 29 and in Nizamabad from April 9 to 11. The exhibition train will be kept open for public from 10 am to 6 pm daily.
Science Express is a unique exhibition mounted on a 16-coach AC train. After seven successful tours across India, ‘Science Express’ was redesigned on the theme ‘Climate Change’ in October 2015 and ever since has been running as ‘Science Express-Climate Action Special (SECAS)’.
The SECAS in its current phase is scheduled to travel across the country for about seven months halting at 64 locations in over 20 states covering 19,800 km.
It is a unique collaborative initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Ministry of Railways. The exhibition will convey a strong message about climate change and will also be an opportunity to generate dialogue and discussion.
The state-of-the-art exhibition aboard the SECAS aims to create awareness among various sections of society, especially students, as to how climate change can be combated through mitigation and adaptation.
Of the 16 coaches of SECAS, exhibition is eight coaches developed by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) on behalf of MoEFCC and is exclusively devoted to information , case studies and material related to various aspects of climate change, the underlying science impacts, adaptation activities, mitigation solutions and policy approaches in a manner that is easy to understand and interesting for not just school students but also masses.