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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Stop night trains in elephant corridor
In the wake of the wake of the incident of seven elephants being mowed down by a speeding trains at Banarhat in Jalpaiguri, CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has written to Union minister of environment and forest Jairam Ramesh to take initiative to stop running trains during night in the elephant corridors in North Bengal.
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Find ways to avoid animal deaths
City animal activists are calling for establishing an action plan to prevent deaths of animals in train accidents. This comes after reports of the death of seven pachyderms after a speeding goods train hit them while they were crossing the tracks near Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) has written to the Railway m
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DoNER to update NE States on action plan
NEW DELHI, Sept 27
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Jumbo alerts were absent, cry railways
Alipurduar, Sept. 23: The forest department was not following a suggestion made during a joint inspection that it would pass on information about the presence of elephant herds close to the tracks to the nearest station, senior railway officials today alleged. The divisional railway manager of the Northeast Frontier Railway, Alipurduar division, S.N.
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Elephants death on tracks: Ramesh to take up matter with Rlys
NEW DELHI, 24 SEPT: Upset over the death of seven jumbos on train tracks in West Bengal, environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh today said he would soon meet the Railway Board to press for concrete steps to ensure safety of elephants.
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Train mows down seven elephants
SILIGURI/kolkata, 23 SEPT: In the worst ever incident in living memory, seven elephants, including three female and a calf, were mowed down by a Guwahati-bound goods train at Kalibari railway crossing near Banarhat in Jalpaiguri last night. The trampling of the animals under the speeding wheels has sent shock waves across north Bengal.
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Seven elephants die as train hits herd
KOLKATA: In one of the worst accidents involving trains and elephants in north Bengal, seven elephants of a herd died after being hit by a goods train in the Banarhat area of Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday night. While four were killed on the spot, the rest died on Thursday.
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PIL on motormen stir seeks guidelines for public transport units
Mumbai A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the wake of a flash strike by motormen earlier this year sought formulation of guidelines to be followed by public transport undertakings before going on a strike.
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Soon, Meerut 45 mins away on rapid transit
If all goes according to plan, Meerut would soon be less than an hour
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Buddha will ask PM to remove Mamata hurdle
For West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is a spanner in the implementation of the Rs 4,847.58-crore East-West Metro railway line that will run from Salt Lake to Howrah.