What are your observations about Indian cities? I come from a school of thought that likes cities, and I find an Indian street fascinating. There are so many different users: bullock carts, food vendors, beggars, cyclists and cars. I can see how cars are a necessary part of city life …
It was quarter to nine on a cold December evening at the Kalighat tram depot in south Kolkata. A row of tramcars stood like ghosts under an iron shed. At the corner of one coach an elderly man clad in khakis read the newspaper in the dim light of a …
American capitalism often arouses extreme emotions. It’s loathed as an arrogant system standing in the way of an equitable world order. It’s also lauded as an agent of liberalism and democracy. Capitalists who had very little idea about big business laid the foundations of this great economy; they engaged in …
Haryana has submitted the complete transportation plan for increasing both rail and road connectivity besides recommendations for augmentation of power and upgradation of technical training institutes to the Central Government for accelerated development under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday called for introduction of a new high-speed train between Jaipur and Delhi in view of the rich prospects for investments and tourism in the State and the likelihood of Pink City's population crossing 50 lakh by 2025. Ms. Raje, interacting with a delegation …
The colonial dispensation in north Bihar believed that the rivers of the flood plains needed to be controlled. The zamindar became the pivot around which the implementation of these flood control efforts revolved. Along with the railways and roads, the uncontrolled manner in which many zamindary embankments were built led …
Pinakini Express between Vijayawada and Chennai has been fitted with newly-built environment-friendly toilets. The train with these new toilets was flagged off on Friday at Vijayawada. According to the South Central Railways(SCR) officials, the new toilets which are manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, are fitted to all the …
Red Ribbon Express (RRE), a seven-coach train, aimed at creating AIDS awareness across the country, is scheduled to arrive at Howrah station on 24 March. A free HIV detection camp will be organised in one of the coaches. Three coaches of the train have been allocated to hold exhibitions to …
Commuters at Bandra Terminus, Andheri and Borivali stations in the Western Railway will get to use deluxe toilets, for a price. Under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) scheme, these modern toilets will be constructed and owned by private parties, but eventually be transferred to the railways after about 15 …
A route being explored is Delhi-Kolkata wherein Agra, Varanasi, Khajuraho, Gaya could be covered Targeting high-end tourists by offering them an option that goes beyond the existing state-specific luxury trains like the Palace on Wheels in Rajasthan and the Golden Chariot in Karnataka, the Indian Railways has now decided to …
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's budget has good news for Tata Motors. The Railway Budget proposes a dedicated freight corridor from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni, located near Tata Motor's small car project site at Singur. Needless to say, the dedicated corridor will connect the Tata factory with the rest …
The Minister for Railways, Mr Lalu Prasad, flanked by the Ministers of State, Mr Naranbhai Rathwa (left), and Mr R.Velu, arriving to present the Rail Budget on Tuesday. Review of Performance: 2007-08
Lalu Prasad has gone green with a vengeance. And it's not just colour of the unprecedented cash surplus of Rs 25,000 this fiscal that's green, there are other moves too. Railways will switch over to green discharge-free toilets by 2012 and switch over to energy-efficient CFL lamps in all staff …
Railway minister Lalu Prasad is embarking on a move to clean up the railway stations and cut down corrosion of tracks. The railways trains will have discharge-free green toilets in all the coaches by 2011-12. "Discharge from toilets of train has been the prime reason for poor sanitation facility at …
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's announcement of a 5% cut in the freight rates for moving petrol and diesel is indeed an effort to bring back the oil traffic from roads to the railways. The reduction in freight rate, announced as part of the Railway Budget proposals for 2008-09, is …
It's official now. You can expect to take a monorail through the congested lanes of the Walled City or hop onto a tram running at road level to catch an event at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the C o m m o n we a l t h Games. The …
The Asian Development Bank Monday launched a multi-million dollars project to restore Cambodia's devastated railways in a key step towards the creation of a regional rail system. Approximately 600 kilometres of track destroyed during Cambodia's protracted civil war will be rebuilt at a cost of 42 million dollars, the ADB …
