Coal: a heavy burden on the Indian railways
India’s power demand is rising more quickly than its renewable capacity additions, accelerating plans to mine, transport and burn up to 65% more thermal coal for electricity generation by 2030. Several
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Rlys to go for CFL for carbon credit
Railways have decided to replace all electric bulbs in its colonies with compact fluorescent light (CFL) across the country as part of its efforts to check climate change. "A total of 2.6 million CFL bulbs will be fitted at every household in railway colonies as part of the clean development management and equal number of incandescent bulbs withdrawn," a senior railway ministry official said. However, railways will not bear the cost of the CFL replacement as all the compact fluorescent bulbs will be provided by an agency according to the proposal.
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Environmental impact assessment of the proposed Angamali - Azhutha railway line
This EIA is for the new rail line from Angamali to Azhutha (though the line terminates at Kanamala, on the banks of the Azhutha river, the station here is called the Azhutha station) via Erumeli.
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HC keeps hands off Metro elevated corridor project
The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking to scrap Metro's elevated corridor project in south Delhi on the ground that it would cause noise pollution in residential areas on Friday. A Bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, however, directed the Centre and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) to make all possible efforts to reduce the level of noise pollution which will be caused by the Metro rail running on the elevated corridor.
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Protect wild animals from train accidents'
In a bid to save wild animals from getting killed after being hit by trains in north Bengal, the state will urge the Centre to ask the railways to follow norms while running trains through the forests of the area. State forest minister, Mr Ananta Roy, today said at Writers' Buildings that a number of elephants and other wild animals like snakes and bison were killed in north Bengal over the past few years after these were hit by speeding trains.
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Mega plan for industrial corridor
The government plans to spent Rs 20,000 crore to develop
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With Railways on track, Lalu heads for water management
After scripting a turnaround in the fortunes of the Indian Railways, union minister Lalu Prasad has now envisioned the prospect of utilising surplus water from various rivers using large pipes for the country's 24,000-km railway tracks. "The railways is like an empire, it is a league apart, its vast network criss-crossing across the country can help the government in water management," said the minister, who was in Malaysia to witness the signing of a railway double track contract awarded to public sector company IRCON by the Malaysian government.
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India, Bhutan to double target for power projects
Underlining India's close economic and strategic relations with Bhutan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday pledged to extend the Indian rail network into its northern neighbour. Dr. Singh made this commitment to his Bhutanese counterpart, Jigmi Y. Thinley, on the first day of a two-day visit to the country the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 15 years.
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Lalu signs $1 billion rail project in Malay
Making further inroads into the growing South-East Asian nation, Indian Railways have signed a mega $ 1 billion rail link project in Malaysia. Railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is on a two-day visit to Malaysia, inked the contract for Electrified Double Tracking Project between Seremban and Gemas bagged by IRCON International Ltd, a public service undertaking of the ministry of railways, with Malaysian minister of transport Datuk Ong Tee Keat in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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France to help modernise Railways
Aimed at upgrading its railway infrastructure that includes running of hi-speed trains, Indian Railways on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the French Railways.
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India inks MoU with France to modernise rlys
THE Indian Railways has signed an MoU with their French counterpart SNCF International to modernise railway infrastructure in India. The French are looking to bring investment and technology for developing high speed trains in India and providing training to employees of Indian Railways. The MoU was signed was signed by R K Goyal, additional member in charge of planning at Indian Railway Board, and Jean-Pierre Lubinox, chairman of SNCF. Under the MoU, a steering committee composed of two representatives of each country will be set up.