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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Centre will back Metro rail projects: Manmohan
Noting that an efficient transport system was ‘critical’ for orderly growth of cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government has decided to support preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Metro rail in all 19 cities with a population of over two million. Laying the foundation for the Rs 5,181 crore Kochi Metro project here, Dr. Singh said DPRs had already been prepared for 12 cities and Metro rail projects were being implemented in seven cities, covering a total network of length 476 km at a cost of over Rs 1.15 lakh crore.
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Washing coal
Needs many factors to be sorted out at the same time, from the Naxal threat to poor rail links. This year will possibly see higher coal production in India because it has sorted out a crippling problem
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China approves 25 urban rail projects
China's top economic planning agency has approved 25 urban rail projects that could be worth more than 800 billion yuan ($126.98 billion). The National Development and Reform Commission on Wednesday
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A fresh look at Mass Public Transport System for city
Monorail will occupy less space, can be completed comparatively early using pre-fabricated structures: RAAC At a meeting recently, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC) asked the Coimbatore Corporation to take up with the State Government the need for a monorail for the city. A presentation made on the occasion said that a city such as Coimbatore, with over a million population, could go in for the mass transport system project, more so when cities with far fewer population and lesser area had taken many steps forward.
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Underground metro station to come up at Nehru Place
Will be directly connected to Noida, Delhi Airport South Delhi’s information technology hub, Nehru Place, is all set to get an additional metro station under Delhi Metro’s Phase-III constructions. The new station is expected to cater to 20,000 commuters every day by 2016. While Nehru Place is currently an important station on the Violet Line (Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor), it is slated to get an additional station, linking it to the Janakpuri West–Botanical Garden corridor, which will directly connect the area to the satellite town of Noida and the domestic terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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Cities must pursue Metro systems like Kochi, says Union Ministry
The Union Urban Development Ministry wants cities to do more than just express intent to have a metro railway system. The Ministry is annoyed that cities have been limiting their role to submitting a detailed project report and attaching an application for the Centre to approve and fund their metro systems. A senior official of the Ministry on Wednesday said cities should play a more proactive role and emulate Kochi’s determination to get the metro project sanctioned.
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Govt plans to amend metro railway Act
New Delhi The urban development ministry is planning to make amendments in the existing metro railway Act, 2009, to include the private public partnership model into the legislation and also to provide greater autonomy to states planning to create metro transit system in their cities. Presently, the PPP model doesn’t come under the ambit of the act. The first public private partnership in the metro transit system was between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Reliance Infrastructure for the Airport Express line, which was shut down in July indefinitely for repair works, through a concessionaire agreement.
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Steps taken by various sectors of the Indian economy to control pollution
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this two hundred and thirtieth report on steps taken by various sectors of the Indian economy
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Hydrogen to power Railways plans sans diesel, electricity!
Hydrogen-propelled locomotive is the next big thing that the Indian Railways has set its eyes on. The Indian Railways Organisation for Alternate Fuel is in an “advanced stage” to develop a technology for
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Bio-toilets in all trains in phases
Railway track and stations will be cleaner in the days to come, with the railways deciding to install bio-toilets in all coaches in a phased manner. It, however, cautioned that the success of the project would depend upon the cooperation and discipline of passengers. The decision comes close on the heels of an offer made by the Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to share 50 per cent of the cost from the budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. The offer pertains to retrofitting bio-toilets that the railways have developed jointly with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 50,000 passenger coaches.