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 …
The projects will not only upgrade rail transport capacity but also increase market share of railways Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project of the railways is expected to bring in significant reductions of Green House Gases (GHGs) emission, in addition to efficiency improvement and other operational benefits to the country’s primary …
The State Cabinet has decided to extend the maximum probable route length of the proposed monorail project for the State Capital. Announcing this to newsperson after a meeting of the State Cabinet here on Wednesday, the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, said that the project would now extend further …
The 2011 Review of Maritime Transport, published by the UNCTAD highlights challenges of adapting maritime transport to the impacts of climate change, primarily sea-level rise, and provides an update on the development of measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport. A chapter on developments in sea-borne trade …
A high-level meeting held here on Friday has decided to consult all political parties on ways to proceed with the proposed trans-Kerala high-speed rail corridor project to link Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragode. The meeting was preceded by a presentation on the project before the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, based on …
The much-awaited Navi Mumbai Metro Rail (NMMR) project is on track and foundation works for the first phase of line between Belapur and Pendhar has commenced, State-run planning agency CIDCO said today. City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has undertaken the work on the metro based on the detailed project …
Sri Lanka Railways Planning Director Wijaya Samarasinghe said that a feasibility study is now underway to introduce a metro train service in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and its suburbs. The train is expected to link the important places of the city and the outskirts. The Railways plans to construct …
The World Bank on Thursday committed to finance the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor by signing a $975 million loan agreement with Ministry of Finance and Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL). Three phases The World Bank has decided to finance 1,130 km out of the 1,839 km length …
The World Bank has signed a $975 million loan agreement with the Indian government to fund a railway freight project, a government statement said late Thursday. The project is part of India's dedicated freight corridor projects that aim to join the northern part of the country with the eastern and …
Lack of transparency in the property acquisition and compensation process has become a stumbling block in the progress of Hyderabad Metro Rail works. Conflicting statements by the HMR and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials with regard to property acquisition and payment of compensation have been leading to growing resentment among …
Indian Railways has just moved a lot closer to eliminating the century-old system of train-toilets discharging into the tracks. After completing a successful round of trials, the Chennai-Allappey/Trivandrum Express is now gearing up to get 56 ‘zero-discharge’ toilets. The Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) is analysing the results of …
The first double stack container train between the Mundra Port and National Capital Region (NCR) is slated to start off Friday. Till now, double stack container train movements were happening between Mundra Port and Rajasthan. The move is likely to bring down the unit cost of transportation for container train …
The ambitious $10-billion project to connect Gulf nations through a modern rail network, stretching over 2,000 km, is expected to become operational by 2018, with authorities working to ensure that construction starts on it by 2014. Authorities across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) want the project to provide cost-effective means …
Almost four years after work on the Metro construction in Bangalore began, the Metro rail today officially chugged out of the Mahatma Gandhi Road station towards destination Bayappanhalli. The first stretch of the Rs 11,600-crore ‘Namma Metro’ project was inaugurated by the Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, in …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to initiate steps to ease the problem of traffic congestion and movement difficulties caused by heavy pressure of mineral-carrying trucks on roads. A transport plan will be prepared to deal with the problem. This issue was discussed at a meeting presided over by Chief …
While the state government has accorded in-principle approval to the Railways’ ambitious project for an underground corridor from Oval Maidan to Mahalaxmi station, it has also asked the Railways to simultaneously study the feasibility of an elevated rail corridor on Central Railway and connecting it to the proposed Oval Maidan …
The long-awaited Rs 6,000 crore Bangalore's Metro Rail or ‘Namma Metro' will formally be inaugurated on October 20. According to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), the Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr Kamal Nath, is expected to inaugurate Metro Rail's Reach I which connects Baiyappanahalli to MG road. The Metro …
AGARTALA: The impasse over land acquisition has emerged a major bottleneck in laying rail track in between Agartala and Udaipur with the state government failing to convince the landowners in Bishalgarh subdivision. In a recently concluded review meeting, the state government had informed Advisor Projects, Railway Board Chandra Prakash that …
The exposure of illegal mining scams in Karnataka and Goa and Karnataka’s ban on transportation of iron ore has had a huge impact on the railways. The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the major losers, having suffered huge losses which could run into several crores of rupees. It …
New Delhi: The oil mafia has struck at the IOC depot at Shakurbasti causing heavy losses to the Northern Railways. The gang siphoned off thousands of litres of kerosene and diesel from tanks at the Indian Oil depot and replenished it with water. This adulterated fuel was used by Northern …
The Department of Wildlife Conservation is cooperating strategically with Sri Lanka Railways to prevent increasing elephant deaths on railway tracks before it can manifest into a elephant-train conflict as in India where at least 15 elephants die annually due to being run over by speeding goods trains. It has been …
