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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Meet to deliberate on urban transport policy for Kochi
As a first step to set up the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) in Kochi, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is conducting a workshop in collaboration with CODATU, an international non-profit
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Parties should spell out stand on green issues’
Pune: Concerned citizens, organisations and environmentalists want political parties to come out with an agenda for environment protection in their Lok Sabha election manifesto. The Green Pune Movement has objected to the scrapping of the biodiversity park (BDP) proposal, as it will open up the hilltops and slopes for construction. The group wants parties to clear their stand on BDPs.
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180 trees to be shifted for Metro
Over 180 trees are being removed from the Erramanzil government quarters area, where the parking circulation area is being developed by the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. for Metro Rail station. These trees
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$1.6bn Chinese soft loan for elevated metro train
China has agreed to give $1.6 billion loan to Pakistan under Preferential Buyers’ Credit (PBC) scheme for launching metro train project in Lahore. Dawn has learnt that the Chinese prime minister in
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Prohibitive costs hold BMRCL from adopting carbon auditing
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is yet to start carbon auditing for the MG Road-Baiyappanahalli stretch on which commercial operations began more than two years ago. Govt not supporting
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Metro rail project work to begin at end of 2015: Quader
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the key construction work for the mega metro rail project will begin at the end of 2015. And the project is expected to be completed by 2019, he
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72 new trains; no hike in rail fares, freight
Keeping passenger fares and freight rates unchanged, railway minister Mallikarjuna Kharge announced the government’s intention to open the rail sector for foreign and domestic investment in his 1014-15
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RITES tasked with preparing DPR for Metro Phase III
The 133-km phase will cover hitherto unconnected areas of Koramangala, Sarjapur, HAL. Namma Metro is set for another network boost. Buoyed by the Centre’s recent clearance of Namma Metro Phase-II, the
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More trees to be axed for Metro project
Nearly 90 Trees To Be Cut In Walled City Jaipur: Even though nearly 600 trees have been felled for constructing phase-I (Mansarovar to Chandpole) corridor and many more will be axed again, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has not completed re-plantation till date, as per mandatory rules.
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सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने वन क्षेत्र में रेल लाइन निर्माण पर लगाई रोक
नई दिल्ली। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने उत्तर प्रदेश के जौनपुर वन क्षेत्र में रेल लाइन के निर्माण पर रोक लगा दी है। जौनपुर वन क्षेत्र में रेलवे लाइन के दोहरीकरण मामले में हाईकोर्ट के आदेश के खिलाफ उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार