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
Rail Transport
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CHINA
Hong Kong's pledge to protect its environment is about to face its ultimate test. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation has appealed against a government's ecofriendly decision, which had stopped
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THAILAND
Researchers at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, have evolved a Clean Dream project that aims to turn the university campus into a pollution free zone. "Chulalongkorn suffers from a lot of air and
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Line it up
An innovative project is trying to bring internet through underused cables laid along railroad tracks. It involves the Indian Railways and is financed largely by internet service providers. The
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On track to disaster
By ignoring sound technical advice, Konkan Railway jeopardises the fragile Western Ghats environment
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Open violation
While private service stations bear the brunt of the Delhi government s green brigade, polluting railway service stations go scot free
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In the pay of plastics
India s biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West s fashion for unsustainable living
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Bloodied tracks
speeding trains through forests continue to be the cause of animal deaths in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh. The reserve is home to as many as 75 tigers and a variety of flora and
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Trained not to miss
Missed your stations too often just because you fell asleep during the journeys? Well, there is some good news for you and all other people who habitually sleep through their train stations. All of
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Signalling safety
A new electronic railway signalling system to avoid accidents, specially in mountainous regions, has recen tly been developed by Indian scientists. Unlike the conventional systems currently employed
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Railroad Blues
Illegal logging is being carried out in the Northeast under the guise of laying railway tracks