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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Indian Railways gets cracking on environment protection, fuel bill
Orders energy audit of zonal bodies and production units After initiating plans for a thorough revamp of its administrative set-up and financial health, Indian Railways has got cracking on environment
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Going green: KR to install solar plant at Ratnagiri
The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has decided to install a solar plant at Ratnagiri as part of its recently-formulated 'energy policy'. The policy resolved to employ solar and wind aero-generators
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2,000 rally against plan to put high-speed rail in Angeles forest
A proposal to lay high-speed rail tracks through California's Angeles National Forest brought thousands of opponents to a rally Tuesday night in the eastern San Fernando Valley. An estimated 2,000 people,
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Financing transit-oriented development with land values: adapting land value capture in Developing Countries
Cities in developing countries are experiencing unprecedented urban growth. Unfortunately, this is often accompanied by the negative impacts of sprawl as a result of rapid motorization such as congestion,
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First CNG train to chug off today
The country’s first CNG train would chug on the Rewari-Rohtak section of the Northern Railway zone on Tuesday marking a major landmark in adoption of green fuel in Indian Railways. Based on the dual fuel
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Travel by train to see filth on tracks, NGT tells Railways officials
Bailable warrant against contractors engaged in cleaning of tracks, railway properties It is said cleanliness begins at home. And now, Railway officials and personnel from other civic agencies will
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The long road to recovery
Power plants, highways, railways and seaports, meant to be the engines of India's economic growth, are now its Achilles heel. The 2014 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report cites poor infrastructure
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CCTVs monitoring on track
Deplored for being the biggest open toilet with tracks littered with human and municipal waste, the Indian Railways will now identify in three months areas vulnerable to dumping of waste, plastic and open
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NGT orders Railways to install dustbins
Fines to be imposed on those found littering at stations. Unhappy with the cleanliness levels on the Railway premises, the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Indian Railways and the contractors
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ICF Bags National Energy Conservation Award for 2014
Indian Railways' coach manufacturing unit Integral Coach Factory (ICF) located in Perambur was awarded the first prize in the ‘National Energy Conservation Award’ for 2014 by the union power minister Piyush