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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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding emissions of diesel locomotive engines, 28/10/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of S.K. Goyal Vs. Chairperson, CPCB & Ors. dated 28/10/2015 regarding emissions of diesel locomotive engines. Counsel for the Railways states before
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Japan offers India $15-bn for bullet train project
To meet 80% of project cost if India buys 30% of equipment from Japanese firms Japan offers India soft loan for $15 bn bullet train in edge over China Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet
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Railways to set up a bio-waste processing plant
The Delhi Division of Northern Railway is going to set up a first of its kind 'Bio-waste processing plant' at Kishanganj Railway Colony. The proposed bio-waste plant will turn biodegradable waste generated
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste on railway tracks, 07/10/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/10/2015 regarding dumping of waste on railway tracks.</p>
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cleanliness of railway tracks, 06/10/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 06/10/2015 regarding cleanliness of railway tracks.</p> <p>NGT has directed the
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Solar-powered coaches throw up weighty challenge
The Integral Coach Factory’s (ICF) trials, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, with solar powered coaches have been successful, but has now thrown open another weighty
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Rail Solar Panels can Save 11-cr litres Fuel
Fitting a solar panel module on the roof of a railway coach can yield more than 7,200 units of electricity every year. If implemented on all 63,511 coaches in the Railways, 450 million units of power can
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Windmill lies defunct on Kallukuzhi railway ground
TRICHY: The railway ministry had come up with a promising initiative to utilize renewable energy to ensure uninterrupted power supply at all railway stations few years ago. It was only in 2010 that a windmill
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‘Green’ trash bags get trial run on CR trains
MUMBAI: In a first for Indian Railways, Central Railway has introduced biodegradable, environment-friendly garbage bags on long distance trains. The linens provided to train passengers come packaged
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Railway litterbugs plead leniency before NGT
Tribunal directs them to pay Rs.1,000 instead of Rs.5,000 to the Railways The litterbugs who were slapped with a challan of Rs.5,000 for dirtying railway premises appeared before the National Green