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 …
A new publication by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Union of Railways (UIC) highlights the environmental sustainability of rail transport. The report – Railway Handbook 2012: Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions – includes the latest information from the UIC and IEA databases. The transport sector is responsible …
In yet another push to bring a marked development in Chennai’s civic infrastructure, which would significantly contribute to decongest traffic, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday ordered building of flyovers and subways at an estimated cost of `231.68 crore. According to an official release here, a flyover and a subway …
About 2,400 passengers of four trains were stranded due to landslips at over 50 locations along the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of southern Assam’s Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) district since the early hours of Tuesday. The trains were stranded at three places in the hill section. The Up Cachar …
If all goes as per DULT (Directorate of Urban Land Transport) plan, Bangaloreans will soon have rail facility to different destinations in districts like Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur and Bangalore Rural. A draft report on implementation of commuter rail system (CRS) in Bangalore, submitted by RITES (Rail India Technical …
Fragmented land holdings delay B’lore-Mysore line doubling work Farmers of Indavalu village in Mandya district, who have put up maximum resistance to parting with their land for the ongoing Bangalore-Mysore rail line doubling project, are in a quandary. Indavalu, like the majority of rural India is gripped by the adverse …
Track-laying already started and expected to be completed soon; trial runs due to begin this October With trial runs due to begin this October, the Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited is all set to start operations in the Millennium City next door by March next. The RMGL team, which is …
316 families were displaced from seven villages for the prestigious ICTT at Vallarpadam “It is a matter of shame for a civilised society to still condemn these families who had sacrificed all their hard-earned belongings for a prestigious project, to a sub-human existence.” This was how the fact investigation committee …
The coaches of Kalka-Shimla toy train — the Himalayan Queen — have been fitted with solar power system with the aim of harnessing green energy and reducing carbon emission. It is the first train in the country to have all its coaches solar-powered. The experiment will earn carbon credit for …
AGRATALA, June 20 – To overcome the perennial connectivity problem, a sub-committee for bringing all the capitals of the north-eastern States under rail and air services has been constituted, said DoNER Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar here today. Ghatowar, who arrived here on Tuesday, met Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and discussed …
The coaches of Kalka-Shimla toy train — the Himalayan Queen — have been converted to solar- based power system with the aim of harnessing green energy and reducing carbon emission. It is the first train in the country to have all its coaches solar powered. The experiment will earn carbon …
The proposed monorail project in Kozhikode received a shot in the arm on Tuesday with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) submitting the detailed project report to the State government and expressing willingness to take it up from September. The first phase of the monorail, a mass rapid transit system, …
To keep fruits and vegetables fresh during transportation over long distances and cut post-harvest losses, the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Indian Railways have joined hands to start the country’s first ‘Farmferry’ — a special air-conditioned train that moves chikoos, bananas, apples, pineapples and potatoes between western and northern India. …
Alipurduar, June 10: The railways have decided to saw off trees along the 167km-long tracks in the Dooars after two trains had back-to-back narrow escapes when trees fell on the line during a storm. Officials said most of the 120 trees that would be removed between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar …
A Metro Advisory Board has been set up to formulate plans for expansion and financing of Metro rail projects across the country by the Union Urban Development Ministry. The statutory body to be chaired by the Secretary, Urban Development, will be a platform for exchange of ideas, information, planning, technical …
Two ambitious rail projects - proposed elevated rail corridor in Mumbai and a bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai - got a boost on Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finalised the targets for key infrastructure projects in PPP model in railways. At a meeting with ministers and secretaries of …
Chennai transport sector is fifth largest polluter, says study Chennai ranks fifth in carbon emissions from the transport sector among 54 South Asian cities, according to a study done by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiative. Disclosing the findings of the study during a conference on ‘Creating Carbon Neutral …
The founder of an NGO, which works to eliminate manual scavenging, today offered his services to the government for eradicating the social evil in next three years. Speaking at a function here, Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, said he was prepared to go to jail if the work …
MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) has banned the sale of food items packed in plastic wrappers or non-bio-degradable material at its Jan Ahar centres at CST. CR plans to sell food items like peanuts, grams, popcorn, etc to compensate for the drop in food varieties after the ban comes into effect. …
It is for the first time that while formulating National Transport Policy, a separate attention has been paid to the transport needs of the North Eastern Region. The Working Group decided to look at the situation under three categories: Intra-Regional Need; Inter-Regional Need; and Trans Border Movement. The Working Group …
Having launched a global quest to “reinvent the toilet” last year, Bill Gates — Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist — could soon turn his focus on the filthy toilets used by Indian Railways passengers. In a meeting with Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh here on Wednesday, Mr. Gates discussed the idea of jointly …
