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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High speed trains: Railways, Japan to form joint working group
Trains between Delhi and Mumbai may run at a speed of 200 km per hour if efforts of railways bear fruit for which it is taking the help of Japan. A Japanese delegation has met Railway Minister Mr Dinesh
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C’garh wants rail corridor in forest
New Delhi: Hasdev Arand, one of the densest patches of forests in Chhattisgarh, has several coal blocks locked beneath. Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh had rejected proposals to open some of
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Kanjikode Railway Coach Factory gets Cabinet nod
PALAKKAD: The Union Cabinet clearance to set up the coach factory at Kanjikode under public-private- participation mode goes one more step nearer for the coaches to roll out from Kerala. “The UDF Government
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Despite opposition, MMRDA conducts dry run of monorail
In what is being seen as a cheap tactic by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority ( MMRDA) of having a dry run of the monorail despite opposition from the BJP, the authority has said that
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Jaipur Metro expansion plan approved
The Union Urban Development Ministry has agreed to expansion of the first phase of the Jaipur Metro railway from Chandpole to Badi Chaupad in the Walled City here and decided to send the approved proposal
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Rlys, private power cos to team up for rail project in Chhattisgarh’s coal hub
The Railways is likely to announce plans to develop three industrial freight corridors in Chhattisgarh in the coming Budget. The projects, taken up on the initiative of the Chhattisgarh government, are
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Ministry inks Jharkhand MoU for pending rail projects
Ministry of Railways and the Government of Jharkhand on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pending Railway projects in the State. According to the agreement, the State will provide
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India to build new railway track to link with Bangladesh
The Indian government will soon start work on a new rail link to Bangladesh that would ease surface transport in the mountainous northeastern states, a railway official said on Tuesday. India will build a 15-km railway track linking Tripura capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaurah, which is also an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka. An agreement to this effect was signed between between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina during her visit to India in January 2010.
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Indo-Bangla rail link by 2 yrs
AGARTALA: The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) will begin final survey for the proposed rail link between Gangasagar (Bangladesh) and Akhaura, close to Agartala very soon. Chief Administrative Officer
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Policy paralysis lead to central projects cost overrun
Though almost three years into its second tenure at the Centre, UPA-II continues to be plagued with the virus of "policy paralysis", which seems evident from the fact that several high profile projects