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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Railways to roll out five trains with bio-digestive toilets
To ensure hygienic railway tracks, the rail coach factory (RCF) in Kapurthala is set to roll out five long-route trains fitted with bio-digestive toilets. The new system will not only avoid manual scavenging
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High Speed Rail Corridor set to become reality
The government has decided to go ahead with preparation of detailed project report for the High Speed Rail Corridor connecting Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod trains speeding more than 200 kilometres an hour. Though there were apprehensions about the feasibility of the project, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which conducted the feasibility study, has given a positive report.
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PM powers Kerala’s high-speed dreams
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has succeeded in getting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree to the state’s high-end infrastructure dreams of having a high-speed rail corridor and railway coach
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Plea to declare NF Rly as dedicated zone
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi met Union Minister for Railways Dinesh Trivedi at Rail Bhawan here today and urged him to incorporate a slew of proposals in the forthcoming Railway Budget 2012-13, an official
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Dadar: A truly Mumbaikar's ward faces sanitation, garbage and hawkers'issues
In face to face, an election special programme by sister publication Navshakti, we spoke to local residents regarding the issues in the ward as well as what promises the contestants have to make. Ward
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Headway in Aizawl mono rail project
Silchar, Feb. 7: The proposal of the Congress-ruled Mizoram government to build a 5km mono rail network across the hill capital town of Aizawl to ease traffic has made considerable headway. The state government
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Israel approves key rail link of ‘interest’ to India
Israel has approved the construction of the first rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new Asia-Europe trade route to compete with the Suez Canal, a project in which India is also said to have evinced interest. The so called proposal for Red-Med train link was unanimously approved by the Israeli cabinet and its construction is likely to take about five years from the time of start at a cost of approximately $ 2.3 billion.
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Compensation for damage by tusker
KOLKATA, 3 FEB: The state government will give compensation to the tea garden workers, whose property and buildings have been damaged by elephants. State forest minister Hiten Burman said this after a
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Finally, Central Railways has its toilet policy in place
The Central Railway has finally formulated a public toilet policy and invited proposals for comprehensive toilet services at every railway station across the city. The policy lays down specific guidelines,
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Panel Suggests CIL to Meet Power Cos’ Demands or Face Penalty
The committee of secretaries, led by the prime minister’s principal secretary Pulok Chatterji, is understood to have recommended that state-run Coal India should step up supplies and face penalties if