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 Railway Ministry has revised the targeted date of completion of the much-delayed Bogibeel-rail-cum-road bridge to March, 2014. Allaying suspicion that the project work has slowed down, Minister of State for Railways, E Ahmed said in the Rajya Sabha reply to a question by Biren Baishya that during the last …
India has been facing shortage of electricity for almost a decade. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), during the financial year 2008-09, the Indian utilities could supply 689 billion kWh of electricity against requirement of 774 billion kWh, which represents shortfall of about 11.0%.
Nagpur: The power generation of Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Company (Mahagenco) is likely to suffer this week as coal supply to its Koradi and Khaperkheda plants would be interrupted due to the mega rail block between Bhilai and Bilaspur, official sources said. The South East Central Railway has decided to …
The Southern Central Railways (SCR) came under fire on Monday when it became apparent that it did not take High Court directive about construction of shed at Curchorem Railway Station, to contain dust pollution, seriously. The Division Bench of Justice B P Dharmadhikari and Justice U D Salvi categorically pointed …
The Delhi Government has identified five modules of public transport system for the Capital. According to Economic Survey of Delhi 2008-09, it has identified Monorail, Metro, Bus Rapid Transit System, Integrated Rail Bus Transport and Light Rail Transport (LRT) system as the components of a multi-model transit system. While work …
Mohali: Even after a year of its commissioning, the sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mohali remains a non-starter. Reason: The Northern Railways is not allowing a pipeline to be laid under its tracks. To treat Mohali
Kerala Govt sets deadlines for handover of lands. The State Government will hold discussions with all affected persons and institutions to sort out problems and execute the acquisition on time. Our Bureau Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 The State Government has decided to put land acquisition for rail and national highways development …
It will be quite some time before the proposed Hurashi and Chupervita open cast mine projects, an extension of the Rajmahal Coalfield Project, finally see the light of the day as the administration has not been able to acquire land for railway lines. According to sources in Eastern Coalfields Limited …
There has been little expansion of the rail network in Himachal Pradesh since Independence and almost all projects, except the Nangal-Talwara rail link, being pursued by the state government, have not gone beyond survey work. Work on the 86-km Nangal-Talwara rail link has been progressing at a snail
Naina J A,DH News Service,Mangalore: If everything goes well, soon a passenger from Kanhangad (in Kerala) can reach Bangalore within seven hours, thus reducing the existing travel time by 5 hours. The preliminary survey for the proposed new railway line (Kanhangad-Panathur (40 kms)) has been completed. (Panathur-Kaniyur (31 kms) is …
London, June 8: A new study has suggested that greenhouse gas emissions generated by trains are much more higher than those produced by an airplane. Unlike previous studies on transport emissions, this one looks beyond what is emitted by different types of car, train, bus or plane while their engines …
The government has invited the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to help develop the Colombo City Mass Rapid Transit Project. The DMRC which had prepared a feasibility report for the project would be soon sending a team of senior officials led by Managing Director E. Sreedharan to Sri Lanka for …
To appropriately mitigate environmental impacts from transportation, it is necessary for decision makers to consider the life-cycle energy use and emissions. Most current decision-making relies on analysis at the tailpipe, ignoring vehicle production, infrastructure provision, and fuel production required for support. We present results of a comprehensive life-cycle energy, greenhouse …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswom wrote to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, calling for measures to prevent recurring deaths of wild animals on the railway track between Palakkad and Coimbatore. A wild elephant and its calf were killed on the early hours of Wednesday. Recalling previous instances of …
As work on the Noida corridor is almost on the verge of culmination, the Noida Authority has announced a budget of Rs 5,038 crore for the Light Rail Transit System to be extended upto Greater Noida. With Noida denizens all eager to savour the Metro experience starting this August, the …
Alipurduar, May 28: Twenty-four hours after a tusker was killed by the speeding Guwahati-bound Jhajha Express, wildlife NGOs are hoping that the new railway minister will be more proactive about saving animals from track deaths. Animesh Bose, the programme Coordinator of Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation, said:
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday. The railroad will pay C$1.8 million ($1.6 million) to resolve the charges stemming from the crashes in August 2005 that leaked oil into Lake Wabamun in …
