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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UP govt gives green signal to first phase of Metro rail in city
Inching closer towards making Metro Rail a reality in Lucknow, the state cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the first phase of the project which will cover North-South corridor. The construction work
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Kochi Metro assigns consultant for carbon emission reductions
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has assigned CDM Smith, a US-based company that provides integrated solutions in environment, energy and transportation, to carry out a detailed survey for the forecast
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Rly board issues guidelines to curb smuggling of birds
In an effort to curb illegal transportation of wild animals and birds, which is reported to be rampant, the Railway Board of the Ministry of Railways has issued a series of guidelines. The Adviser, Freight
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South Central Railway plans 200 new bio-toilets
A clean makeover awaits tracks and railways stations in the state as South Central Railway has decided to replace existing excreta disposal systems in trains with environment friendly bio-toilets. This
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Land acquisition cost may shoot up
HC Cancels MG Road Frontage Categorization In a ruling that could increase the land acquisition cost for the Kochi Metro rail project, the Kerala high court has held that fixing the price of land that has frontage to a sideroad as well as MG Road at the rate of the sideroad is wrong.
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High levels of metal in underground air raise concerns
Questions have been raised over the health impact of high levels of tiny airborne metal particles discovered in a European underground train system. Millions of people travel on underground urban transit
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MUD yet to give green signal to Metro project
Almost five months have passed since the UT Administration submitted the detailed project report (DPR) for the Metro Rail to the Ministry of Urban Development (MUD) for its appraisal, yet a green signal
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Cleanliness at rly stations far from satisfactory: Par panel
: Expressing concern over unhygienic condition at rail premises, a parliamentary panel today said cleanliness of stations and trains is "far from satisfactory and is a major area of concern". While
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1,400 trees axed in a year
Kochiites run short of green shade as Sun spews fire More than 1,400 trees on public land in Ernakulam have been chopped down over the last one year. But the actual loss would be double the figure because the Social Forestry wing of the Forest Department has data only for tree-felling requests officially submitted as per a government order on February 10, 2010.
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Odisha to implement coal corridor project
With Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) not keen for the proposed Rs 8,000 crore common coal corridor project, Odisha government today decided to take up the corridor work through its own agency. "From today's