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 …
Are the routes on Konkan Railway (KR) a huge drain on the exchequer? Can they ever be financially viable? These are the questions being raised following repeated disruptions of rail traffic. In the last two months alone, rail traffic had to be suspended on three occasions due to waterlogging, landslides, …
Public Roads, Govt Land Will Suffice, Says Metrolink Ahmedabad: The fact that land acquisition has become a sensitive issue across India has apparently handed the state government a new tool to market its prized metro rail project linking Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The Gujarat government is now touting it as ‘zero …
Steps will be taken to minimise elephant deaths due to train accidents with the assistance of the Railway and Wildlife Departments in the Anuradhapura District. Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S. M. Chandrasena told The Island yesterday that an analysis on how elephants were killed, showed that it was mostly …
The city’s first Metro rail trial run, for which a four-compartment train was procured last year, is likely to take place by December-end, after a delay of over a year, on the Versova-Andheri stretch. The train arrived last April from Shanghai, China, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) …
It won't be easy to run a national railway on renewable energy like wind, hydro and solar power but that is what Germany's Deutsche Bahn aims to do for one simple reason: it's what consumers want. Deutsche Bahn says it wants to raise the percentage of wind, hydro and solar …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday hinted at introducing the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill, 2011, in the current session of Parliament by cutting short the period of public consultation on it. “The revised draft Bill was sent for inter-ministerial consultation on August 12. I hope to …
China has decided to slow down its high-speed rail project in the aftermath of the strong criticism evoked by July 23 bullet train crash and ordered its fast trains to cut down their speed giving priority to safety concerns. The Chinese Cabinet headed by Premier, Mr Wen Jiabao, has asked …
The civil construction work of Delhi Metro’s phase-III would begin in November this year after the DMRC received the Centre’s nod for the upcoming projects on Tuesday. According to Delhi Metro, the work will start with lowering of the Tunnel Boring Machine on the Central Secretariat-Kashmere Gate section in November. …
New Delhi:Running your diesel car may soon become more expensive. The government on Thursday said that it would consider a suggestion to remove subsidy on diesel used in passenger cars. “Fifteen per cent (of the diesel sold in the country) is for passenger cars — where we can accept your …
With China in mind, India is embarking on a major infrastructure drive in Arunachal Pradesh, with plans for three railway lines in the border state, including one to connect the strategic Tawang plateau with Assam. While the Defence Ministry has traditionally been discreet about its infrastructure projects in the North-East, …
A project to set up a new railway bridge on river Brahmani has come to a halt following sheer unwillingness of the farmers at Birbhum’s Jagdhari village in the Nalhati I block area to part with their land. The farmers have already informed that they will not provide any land …
Soil erosion below the railway tracks led to the derailment of the Guwahati-Bangalore Express and the subsequent collision with the Azimgunj Fast Passenger in Malda district of West Bengal on Sunday evening, a preliminary inquiry has revealed. Railway officials probing the collision said a major tragedy was averted as the …
The sand slipped off at Vaitaran Bridge on Western railway on Vaitarna Creek due to heavy rainfall of last two days washed away the railway tracks at Vaitaran on Westerns railway on Monday morning. Thousands of daily commuters who reside between Virar and Palghar as well as long distance train …
Seeking to abolish the practice of manual scavenging in the country, as warranted by the law and apex court judgments, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Indian Railways for delaying installation of bio-toilets in its trains. “There are almost 43,000 coaches being operated by the Railways and, …
Animals fall prey to speeding trains, blame game on Trains are meant to observe speed restrictions between Hehegara and Chipadohor in Betla within Palamau Tiger Reserve. File picture Ranchi, July 26: Around 70 Up and Down trains, often flouting regulation speed limits, use an 8-km railway track that cuts through …
The train collision on a high-speed rail line in eastern China last Saturday that killed 39 people and injured 210 others has raised fresh doubts about the safety of one of the largest, most expensive public works projects ever undertaken. Those concerns come as Beijing is investigating corruption accusations against …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) plans to roll out eight-coach trains and start more six-car trips to meet increased commuter rush on its 190-km-long network. The corporation has firmed up plans to invest . 3,000 crore to buy more coaches over the next two years. Of these, some of …
Won’t be held up even by a day after all approvals are given: Sivasailam Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is as eager as the residents of the City to see the first Metro car ferry passengers from Byappanahalli to MG Road, BMRCL Managing Director N Sivasailam said …
Project to make travel easier, decrease passenger load on busy Metro corridors, take overcrowded Rajiv Chowk station off many route maps By the time Delhi Metro
AHMEDABAD: A delegation from Japan was in Vadodara on Wednesday to explore the feasibility of semi high-speed rail development in the country. The delegation's visit to the Vadodara railway division comes on the background of the decision of Indian Railways to consider increasing the speed of trains from the existing …
