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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Natpac study finds monorail feasible
Study report submitted to Chief Minister A 41.8-km monorail, an elevated rail-based mass rapid transit system (MRTS), has been found feasible for implementation in the capital city in the busy Pallippuram-Ulloor-Overbridge-Killipalam-Neyyattinkara corridor on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) mode.
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Cabinet okays multi-modal transport system in AP
Aiming to provide better transportation facilities in cities, the Government has decided to introduce multi-modal transport system in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad at an estimated cost
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Chhattisgarh Govt, Indian Rlys sign MoU to develop three corridors
Raman Singh-led Chhattisgarh Government and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop three rail corridors in the coal rich Northern region of the tribal State. The
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Pitroda’s pill for Rlys: Cash flow, PPP model
Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister, and his panel has not painted a very rosy picture for the country’s lifeline, the Railways. After the Anil Kakodkar committee report on safety which sought Rs
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Feasibility study on high speed train gets Rlys nod
Chennai-B’lore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route will also cover Mysore The Indian Railways has given a go ahead for conducting a feasibility study on its most ambitious plan to introduce high speed train on the Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route.
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One of the four monorail lines axed
‘It ran through undeveloped areas; was financially unviable' The State government has decided to drop one of the four monorail lines that were supposed to be built in the city. While originally an ambitious 111-km long Phase-I network was proposed to be constructed the revised target means the monorail grid would be only 57-km.
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Monorail to reduce congestion, accidents
MRTS can carry up to 20,000 people an hour: Natpac study Monorail, a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) mooted for the city, is expected to reduce dependence on personalised modes of transport and take away 40 per cent of the present vehicular traffic off the road.
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Metro rail to eat up 66 acres of Uttara III phase
About 66 acres land of the Uttara third phase housing project will be acquired for the proposed elevated metro rail project, communications secretary MAN Siddique said on Monday. The big chunk of land
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Start work on Bhanupalli rail line, Dhumal tells Centre
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has sought intervention of Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to start work on the proposed Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri rail line as had been agreed by the Prime Minister’s
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Japanese collaboration on bullet trains
NEW DELHI, 19 FEB: The Railways will set up a joint working group with Japan to carry forward the high speed train proposal, according to the Railway minister, Mr Dinesh Trivedi. “I am quite impressed