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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Noise levels on Mumbai trains alarming: NGO
MUMBAI: Anti-noise crusaders in the city have written to railway minister, Suresh Prabhu and initiated a Twitter campaign to bring down the high decibel levels commuters are subjected to during suburban
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Green energy initiatives in Indian railways: Railway Convention Committee (2014)
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/44-20140815.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Indian railways are one of the least polluting
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding equipping railway coaches with eco-friendly bio-toilets, 21/03/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Mukta Sathe & Ors. Vrs. Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India & Ors. dated 21/03/2017 regarding equipping railway
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of both air and water being caused by the plant of Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit at Habibganj Railway Station, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 14/03/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Shailendra Kumar Modi Vs. Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding pollution
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Flash flood disaster threat to Indian rail bridges: a spatial simulation study of Machak River flood, Madhya Pradesh
<p>The recent flood in Machak River, Madhya Pradesh, India is a distinctive paradigm of flash floods that washed off rail tracks and killed a number of passengers besides incredible damage to Indian Railways
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Decarbonization of Indian railways
IR is currently the world’s second largest railway network and is the single largest consumer of electricity in India, consuming about 18 TWh per year, or roughly 2% of the country’s total power generation.
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Interim report: exhaust emission benchmarks for diesel locomotives on Indian Railways
This report gives an overview of the existing diesel locomotive fleet profile on Indian Railways. It deliberates on the methodology and instrumentation quality used for capturing emissions data from the
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बजट में 10 बड़े एलान: 3 लाख रुपए तक की इनकम टैक्स फ्री, 3 लाख से ज्यादा के कैश ट्रांजैक्शन पर लगेगी रोक
अरुण जेटली ने नोटबंदी के बाद बुधवार को पहला बजट पेश किया। इसे किसान, रूरल डेवलपमेंट, यूथ्स, गरीबों के लिए मकान और डिजिटल इकोनॉमी जैसे 10 हिस्सों में बांटा गया है। सरकार ने आम आदमी के लिए इनकम टैक्स में
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Maharashtra forms panel to look in green issues of bullet train
Maharashtra Government formed an expert committee today to look into the environmental issues related to the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. Maharashtra Government formed an expert committee
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China issues white paper on transport development
BEIJING - China on Thursday issued a white paper on the country's transport network, reviewing the sector's tremendous changes in past decades and setting goals for its further expansion in coming years.