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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Consider environmental hazards, anti-bullet train activists tell JICA
Mumbai: Activists protesting against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project have written to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) asking it to seriously consider the environmental hazards
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Bullet Train project: Govt notifies 165 cases of land acquisition, bars owners to cut any deal
Farmers’ outfit threatens stir, says won’t allow possession of land The Revenue Department of the Gujarat government has issued primary notifications for acquiring land in 165 cases in the state under
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Tribal meet trains guns on bullet train land acquisition
MUMBAI: "The bullet train is not meant for adivasis. We will not get to ride it. Why should we give our land to it?" asks Madhu Dhodi from Sakhari village in Dahanu. "We don't have decent roads or electricity.
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Plastic ban at railway stations: Food stalls raise concerns over buyback policy, disposal
In case of violation, manufacturers and users will be fined Rs 5,000. But the government has said it will start taking punitive action only after June 23. THE RAILWAYS has raised a host of teething
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With world s largest online recruitment drive, Railways set to save 10 lakh trees
Railway recruitment goes online to save trees The Railways have kicked off the process of filling up over 88,000 posts. By taking the recruitment process online, the Railways is estimated to have saved
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Solar Power plant established at coach rebuilding factory
A solar power plant of 500 kW was established on March 23, 2018 at West Central Railway Bhopal division passenger coach re-building factory. The annual production would be 752000 Unit KW hour. The solar
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Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the impact of transportation infrastructure
<p>How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? This paper uses archival data from colonial India to investigate the impact of India’s vast
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Angola: AfDB Provides Usd 4 Million Financing to Transports Sector
Luanda — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided USD 4 million as a financing to the Transport Sector National Steering Plan, disclosed last Monday in Luanda the resident representative of the
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Rooftops of Allahabad Junction to harness solar energy
ALLAHABAD: The sheds of all the 10 platforms of the Allahabad Junction, of North Central Railways (NCR), would do more than saving the passengers from sunlight and rains. The rooftops of these platforms
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Nigeria: FEC Approves $6.7 Billion for Ibadan-Kaduna Rail Project
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a memo presented by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for the construction of a rail line from Ibadan, Oyo State, to Kaduna. Mr. Amaechi,