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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High steel prices hit key rail projects
Indian Railways have fallen prey to the spiralling steel prices with a large number of ongoing construction projects, particular those relating to bridges, slowing down and contractors threatening to pull out, citing inability to procure steel at the current market rates What has further raised alarm bells at the Rail Bhavan is the fact that not enough players coming forward to bid for new construction projects.
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Iran wants Indian firms on board for railway link
Iran has invited Indian companies like RITES, IRCON and CONCOR to bid for developing a 600-km long railway link between Chabahar and Fahraj. The link, when completed, will provide India a multi-modal transport corridor with Russia via Iran, bypassing Pakistan, under UNESCAP's ambitious Trans Asian Railway (TAR) project.
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Private players to cough up more to join rail projects
IT APPEARS that steel, cement and power companies would have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to do business with the Railways. In a major twist to the public-private partnership (PPP) model, the Railways have decided to ask all private companies involved in the partnership projects in the three sectors to pay at least 40% of the construction cost of the rail line.
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Tibetan wildlife is getting used to the railway
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50 per cent cost of metro project to be borne by UT
The Chandigarh Administration will underwrite 50 per cent of the cost of the Metro Rail Project (Common Mobility Plan) and Detailed Project Report (DPR) while the proportion for Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh would be 20, 20 and 10 per cent respectively. The division of the entire cost was prepared during a joint meeting chaired by UT Adviser Pradip Mehra, Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Himachal Pradesh Principal Secretary (Transport) Ashok Thakur, held last week.
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Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project discussed
Haryana has submitted the complete transportation plan for increasing both rail and road connectivity besides recommendations for augmentation of power and upgradation of technical training institutes
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High-speed train between Jaipur and Delhi sought
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday called for introduction of a new high-speed train between Jaipur and Delhi in view of the rich prospects for investments and tourism in the State an
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The colonial state, zamindars and the politics of flood control in north Bihar (1850-1945)
The colonial dispensation in north Bihar believed that the rivers of the flood plains needed to be controlled. The zamindar became the pivot around which the implementation of these flood control efforts revolved. Along with the railways and roads, the uncontrolled manner in which many zamindary embankments were built led to a deterioration in the flood situation.
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A park in peril - Dudhwa National Park
A beautiful, dense Sal forest, invitingly snuggled in north-east Uttar Pradesh bordering with Nepal, Dudhwa National Park is surely a sight for sore eyes, yet, like, most Protected Areas today, there's more to it than meets the eye. Amidst all its glory, it has its share of rather inglorious problems.
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Indian Railways experimentation with eco-friendly toilets
If you happen to travel in Rewa Express, you will notice a slight change in its coaches