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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Solar lighting for 17 railway stations on Kalka-Shimla link
To save energy consumption, all 17 railway stations on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla rail track will soon have the solar lighting system. Divisional Railways Manager, Ambala, Dinesh Kumar said the
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Projects worth Rs 10 lakh crore cleared: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
"We have increased forest cover by 3,500 sq km. We have increased mangrove by 1,000 sq km. It is not a small achievement. It shows our direction and commitment," said Javadekar. Over 2,000 projects
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Railways earmarks special provision for environment in all projects
Giving top priority for clean environment, railways has decided to earmark one per cent of estimated cost of any project for environment works. It has been decided for making specific provision towards
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam, 13/05/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) on
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the quality of bottled water supplied by Indian Railways, 13/05/2016
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Indian Railways Caterer's Association & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding sub standard quality of bottled
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Indian Railways to meet 10% of energy needs via renewables by 2020
Indian Railways, which has envisioned a plan to generate 1000 MW of solar energy by 2020, claims to be on track to become the largest harvester of rooftop solar plants, and plans to meet 10% of its total
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Heat wave to prevail for two more days in Odisha
Even as heavy rain and landslides force cancellation of trains between Guwahati and Silchar The mercury level remained above 40 degrees Celsius in 13 places of Odisha on Wednesday with Sonepur the hottest
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5 lakh trees to be planted along rail track in Punjab, Haryana
With an aim of afforestation on the vast tracts of rail land, the Railways today joined hands with the forest departments of Punjab and Haryana for plantation of 5 lakh trees in the two states as part
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Railways to harness 1000MW solar power by 2020
The Indian Railways proposes to harness 1000 megawatt (MW) solar and 150MW wind energy by 2020, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. A total of about 50MW renewable energy capacity has been installed
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Action Taken on Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Environment Management in Indian Railways- Stations, Trains and Tracks: Public Accounts Committee (2015-16
Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Thirty Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Third