Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
After getting overwhelming response from the private sector in major rail infrastructure public private partnership (PPP) projects, Indian railways is now eyeing to attract an investment of around R1,000 crore from private sector for building toilets at 600 railway stations under PPP mode. The much-needed step to provide basic amenity …
The state government has sought Rs 3,050 crore outlay for the development of rail infrastructure in the state in the ensuing 2013-14 Railway budget. The state had received only Rs 723 crore allocation in last year’s rail budget against its demand of Rs 2,345 crore. Of the total budget allocation …
Phase-I of the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL), a network of 5.1 km connecting Cyber City, National Highway-8 and Sikanderpur Metro station, is expected to become operational in April despite slowdown of work due to extreme cold, said RMGL managing director Sanjiv Rai here on Thursday. “Due to extreme cold …
Seeking the Centre's intervention to ensure speed restrictions at crossing points used by elephants, Odisha government on Wednesday asked the railway board to revisit its advisories on prevention of train accidents involving the animals. "I would request you to kindly prevail upon the ministry of railways to ensure that speed …
The Punjab Government on Thursday has approved the scheme of Transport Sector with an estimated cost of Rs. 3269.678 million for “Construction of Metro Bus Transit System for Lahore-Ferozepur Road Corridor, Erection of Escalators and Platform Screen Doors at MBS Stations Package-IX (Revised)”. Eight other development schemes of various sectors …
The Planning Commission has suggested that the Railways should begin its high-speed rail (HSR) corridor project with the Delhi-Agra section rather than insisting on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. In a recent note to a steering group, the Commission has asked the Railways to take up the Delhi-Agra section of the 991 …
In a rather unusual move, Railway Minister P.K. Bansal on Wednesday announced an across-the-board hike in passenger fares less than two months before presenting the Railway budget. The hike comes into effect from January 21. As a consolation, however, Mr. Bansal said there would be no further fare hike in …
Following the PMO’s intervention to fast-track linear projects like roads, railway lines and power transmission lines, the Ministry of Environment & Forests has agreed to relax its guidelines for clearance of forest land falling in such project areas. The MoEF has agreed to “facilitate phased preparation and processing” of linear …
On track Authority hopes to commission first phase by mid-2013. With Mumbai’s first monorail line nearing completion, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has kicked off a three-stage certification process to ensure that this mode of transport is safe for the public. As part of safety checks being observed by …
The undersigned is directed to refer to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s OM No.30(17)/PF.11/2012 dated 11.10.2012 and to say the following on the policy being followed by Govt. of India (GoI) through Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in respect of sanction and implementation of Metro Rail projects in …
The railways on Tuesday expressed optimism over progress in its plans to run passenger trains on busy Delhi-Mumbai corridor at 200 km per hour and launching for the first time train sets services on shorter routes. Maintaining that global crisis is coming in the way from achieving higher growth, it …
The first trial run on the 17.5-km rail link from Qazigund in the Kashmir valley to Banihal in Jammu division, which goes through the 11-km-long Pir Panjal tunnel, was successfully held today. The successful trial run was held a day after it was postponed due to protest demonstrations by villagers …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved the proposal of constructing a stretch of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) paving the way for bids to be called for the construction of the infrastructure project. State government officials confirmed here that …
The multi-crore rupees dedicated freight corridor (DFC) has received the environment clearance for the section running through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in what is possibly the shortest time in such cases ever. The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) gave the clearance …
China launched service on the world’s longest high-speed railway on Wednesday with trains scheduled to run 2,298 kilometres between Beijing and Guangzhou in about eight hours. The first high-speed “bullet” train left the Chinese capital for Guangzhou, a major city in southern China, early Wednesday morning. Travelling at an average …
China today inaugurated world's longest high-speed rail route linking its capital Beijing with the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, covering a distance of 2,298 kms. Running at an average speed of 300 km per hour, the bullet train will save nearly 12 hours by bringing down the travel time between Beijing …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked 10 years of Metro operations by inducting the city’s first eight-coach Metro train into service on Monday. DMRC officials said according to earlier plans, Union Urban Minister Kamal Nath and the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were going to inaugurate the eight-coach train. However, …
China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, officials said on Saturday, underscoring its commitment to a trouble-plagued transport scheme. The 2,298-km (1,428-mile) line, parts of which are already in operation, will begin full …
The Metro completed 10 years of operations on Monday with the induction of two eight-coach trains on the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre corridor. However, the occasion was marred by the closing down of nine busy stations near India Gate due to the anti-rape protests. Delhi Metro had on Sunday decided to …
The Centre had announced 17 years ago that people of Kashmir would be provided a cheap and easy mode of transport to Jammu, but the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link is still nowhere near completion. Originally sanctioned from the Consolidated Fund of India and estimated to cost Rs 3,077 crore, the link …
