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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Activist Medha Patkar sees red over Central Railway plastic packet ban
MUMBAI: Activist Medha Patkar will now take up the cudgels for railway stall operators who are upset with the Central Railway's ban on food items sold in plastic and metallic packets. The CR has already
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Total sanitation drive at Coimbatore Railway Junction
Roping in the services of cargo head load workers, porters and call taxi drivers along with the conservancy staff, the railway authorities on Wednesday launched a total sanitation drive as well as a campaign to generate awareness among the rail users. The drive was led by Salem Railway Divisional Superintendent K. Mohan and Assistant Health Officer A.K. Rajagopalan. The drive led by Station Master Chinnarasu and Commercial Inspector R.V. Ramnath and Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee Member Jameel Ahmed was carried out by 20 conservancy workers, call taxi drivers, loading and unloading workers in the parcel section besides porters.
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GVK Gets Green Nod for $10-b Oz Coal, Rail Project
Infrastructure conglomerate GVK has received environmental clearance from the Queensland government in Australia for its Alpha coal and rail project. The company has set aside $ 10 billion for the project.
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Rs60 crore high-speed train gathering dust for a year
Mumbai’s dream high-speed local is gathering dust at the Mumbai Central railway car shed. Exactly a year after the Integral Coach Factory delivered the Rs60-crore high-speed train bogies, the nine-car
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CM admits land clog in industry - Mamata lays stress on public sector
Dankuni, May 28: Mamata Banerjee today said private investors “are staying away from Bengal because land is not available for them”. However, she laid stress on the importance of public sector projects
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Land acquisition a smooth ride for railway corridors
Many projects in the country may be languishing because of land acquisition problems but the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has over the past three years acquired 70 per cent of the 10,000
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Centre moots state-level funds for Metro projects
New Delhi Highlighting its inability to support increasing number of metro projects, the Centre has asked state governments to follow the models of Karnataka and Delhi for financing capital-intensive Metro rail projects by levying cess on residential and commercial developments, and increasing house tax. It has also urged them to set up state-level urban transport funds with such levies to finance the projects. The Centre says its unable to support the increasing number of metro systems through the Budget and therefore wants the states to develop their own funding sources to part-finance such capital-intensive systems.
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Mumbai railways wake up to waterlogging
As the monsoon nears, railway authorities have sought to assure Mumbaikars that this year, there will be no disruptions in suburban services, which usually witness substantial breakdowns every rainy season.
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Western Railway to reduce flooding on Mumbai’s lifeline
MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) has geared up for the monsoon by carrying out cleaning of culverts, desilting drains, increasing the level of tracks and identifying flood-prone spots. "We have indentified
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Kerala may land Japan ancillary unit with high-speed rail
ThiruvananthapuramKerala, counting on debt funding by Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to feed 80% of its proposed R1.18-lakh-crore high-speed rail corridor project, is likely to corner some Japanese industrial investment too, as if in bonus. A business team, led by Japanese diplomatic officials, has been in talks with state industry officials on a project for manufacturing advanced technology components for high-speed trains.