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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Gutter farm veggies adding slow poison to your platter
MUMBAI: The next time you dig into that bowl of palak paneer, think of where the spinach comes from. The fact that many of the vegetables consumed by citizens are grown in 'gutter farms' near railway tracks-with sewage water being used for irrigation-may render your favourite dishes rather unpalatable.
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Bogibeel Bridge: People only hope against hope
DIBRUGARH, The Bogibeel Bridge, which was one of the demands in the Assam Accord, will connect the two banks of the Brahmaputra. When completed, it will cover a length of 4.94 kilometres, making it the longest rail-cum-road bridge in the country. The project took off after a false start. It was sanctioned in 1997-98.
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Kashmere Gate to Panipat, in 60 minutes flat
By 2016, commuters from Panipat can reach Kashmere Gate in the heart of the Capital in just 60 minutes, courtesy a high-speed rail link being planned to connect the National Capital Region.
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California: High-Speed Rail Plan Is Questioned
California should rethink its plan to build the first leg of the nation
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Development along metro rail route halted
AHMEDABAD: The way is now being paved for the much awaited Rs 12,000 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro project. The Gujarat Urban Development Corporation (GUDC) has directed the civic and urban development bodies of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar not to clear any new projects in the 150 meter radius along the Metro route -APMC Vasna to Gandhinagar and from Thaltej to Kalupur. The GUDC has in a le
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WR, CR to go green with fuel from plants
The Western and Central railways have decided to go green in order to reduce its carbon footprint. They have been planting saplings of jatropha, a major source of bio-diesel, on pilot basis. ''Running trains on bio-fuel will help cut down the cost of operations and also cause less pollution. We have sucessfully conducted trial runs using bio-diesel.
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Project helps prevent train-elephant collisions
Assam which is amongst the states with highest elephant mortality due to train hits has succeeded to a certain extent in preventing train-elephant collisions since 2008 by implementing the Train Hits Mitigation Project. This project is being jointly implemented by the Assam Forest Department, Northeast Frontier Railways and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from the UK based charity El
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State aims for two more Navi Mumbai Metro lines in a year
After undertaking work on the first Metro railway project in Navi Mumbai, the state is now planning to lay the foundation stone for two more lines of the project in a year.
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Now, bio-toilets in 50 train coaches
New Delhi: In a bid to get rid of manual scavenging on railway tracks, bio-toilets have been installed in 50 coaches of various trains, the Railways informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. "Fifty coaches of different trains have been fitted with bio-toilets which, unlike traditional toilets in trains, retain the human waste in the tank which is treated by bacteria," V K Gupta, Secretary
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Repowering transport
<p>Global transportation and fossil fuels are inextricably linked. More than 60% of the 87 million barrels of oil consumed every day powers the world’s transportation system and liquid fossil fuels account for more than 96% of the current energy supply to the transport sector.