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
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JMRC starts land acquisition process for phase II metro
JAIPUR: After completing issuance of notices for land acquisition for phase-I metro project, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has now started the same process for the second phase. Though the JMRC has not finalised on the company which will undertake the metro work under Private Public Partnership ( PPP) model, notices for acquiring land for metro car depot (phase- II) under section 4(1
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China Says To Deploy More Coal Trains To Ease Power Crunch
China's Railway Ministry is ready to deploy more trains to transport coal around the country to help ease a power crunch which is expected to worsen as the hot summer approaches, state media said on Saturday. "Relevant local bureaus are paying close attention to the supply and consumption of thermal coal in regions suffering power shortages, and will make sure no power shortage is caused by del
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Banswara gets its first rail link, a pet project of Gehlot
JAIPUR: The Dungarpur-Banswara-Ratlam rail line project, the foundation stone for which would be laid by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday, is likely to benefit the state Congress and chief minister Ashok Gehlot greatly. For years now, Banswara has been eagerly awaiting a rail link. The tribal district has no rail lines passing through.
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Mono rail proposal revives Coimbatore's hopes for better city transport
The system is expected to reduce dependence on individual private vehicles COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Governor S.S.
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Monorail proposal makes a comeback
Integrated multi-modal transport system on the anvil CHENNAI: The plan to cover the Chennai Metropolitan Area with a network of monorail corridors has made a comeback with the State government on Friday announcing a proposal to build
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Metro Rail: Two stretches to be ready by 2015
CHENNAI: The elevated stretch from Koyambedu to St Thomas Mount, a part of the ambitious Metro Rail project in Chennai, is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 and the underground stretch of Metro Rail from Washermenpet to Saidapet may be completed by the end of 2015, according to highly placed sources in Chennai Metro Rail. The sources told City Express that preliminary work was being c
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World Bank approves $ 975-mn loan for DFC project
The World Bank has approved a $975-million (around Rs 4,368 crore) loan for developing the first phase of the eastern arm of the Rs 77,000 crore Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project in India. The 1,800-kilometre Eastern DFC is being constructed for freight specific transport of commodities by Indian Railways between Delhi and Howrah.
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AP to deposit Rs 500cr for Metro
The state government has decided to deposit Rs 500 crore with the courts to acquire 100 acres of land in Miyapur for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project to avoid paying penalties to the project executer L&T.
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A few questions about Metro Rail project
<p>CHENNAI: Now that a new government has assumed office in the State, the question that many residents of the city seem to be asking is: Will the Chennai Metro Rail project be pursued at the same pace and meet the deadline? The previous AIADMK government (2001-06) had preferred a monorail-based mass transit system for the city.
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Chavan seeks more funds from World Bank
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