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 …
Will reworking the wagon investment scheme and converting goods sheds to common user facilities help remove malpractices, is the key question. For the Railways, there is no mechanism to ascertain the source of the cargo. Santanu Sanyal On March 5, the South Eastern Railway (SER), the major iron ore-loading zonal …
Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the matter of jumbo deaths has been taken with the Railways Ministry and the respective state …
Bhubaneswar, March 9: Orissa mines and industry minister Raghunath Mohanty on Tuesday admitted lifting of minerals worth Rs 150 crores from different railway sidings in the Keonjhar and Sundergarh districts and assured the members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly of stringent actions against culprits involved in the act. Replying to …
With Indian Railways gearing up to run high-speed trains in the country, the state-run transport monolith is considering setting-up of an independent authority to plan and execute the bullet train projects. Sources in the government revealed that National High Speed Rail Authority (NHSRA), a first of its kind in the …
Devjyot Ghoshal & Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata March 5, 2010, 1:03 IST Mamata had said a rail factory could be erected there, if the land is available. The land taken by Tata Motors at Singur for the erstwhile Nano car factory, and by the many companies who invested there …
Sushanta Talukdar Loving care: The elephant calf that was born after its mother was hit by a train is being cared for in the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati on Sunday. Guwahati: A male wild elephant was killed after it was knocked down by a freight …
The work on construction of a new railway line to connect northern part of West Bengal with Sikkim was launched recently with the ground-breaking ceremony attended by Mr Shiv Kumar, General Manager, and other senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railway and IRCON International Ltd, a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, …
Mamta Banerjee tried to colour the railways green in her budget on Wednesday announcing that the biggest employer in the country would distribute 2.6 million energy efficient CFL bulbs to its housing colonies and officials. The move came along with Mamata announcing field trials for environment friendly green toilets the …
Despite delays in land acquisition, railway minister Mamata Banerjee assured on Wednesday that the government is determined to fast-track the dedicated freight corridor project (DFC) on the eastern and western seaboard and promised to start groundwork on four more freight corridor projects crisscrossing the country. Preliminary work would start in …
Madikeri: The long pending demand of the citizens of Kodagu may be realised with the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee proposing a survey for the Mysore-Madikeri- Mangalore railwayline. The Minister has also announced the survey for Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikeri route. With this hopes have been raised for the railway connectivity of the …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed his gratitude to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for a plethora of new projects and trains her budget has offered to Assam and the NE region. An official press release said here that the Chief Minister has lauded Banerjee for setting up the Trans-Asian …
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday outlined a plan for overall development of railways in the North-east by proposing to draw up a Master Plan for development of rail infrastructure in consultation with the
RAILWAY MINISTER Mamata Banerjee's budget proposals on Wednesday appear long on ambition, great on intent but short on specifics about the actual implementation of announced projects. The ambitious long-awaited freight corridor project, she said, wo- uld depend on land acquisition, going on to promise that one me- mber of each …
In a bid to reduce carbon footprint, railway minister Mamata Banerjee, presenting her second Rail Budget for 2010-11 on Wednesday, proposed distri- bution of 2.6 million CFLs and setting up of 10 eco- parks under the PPP model. However, the proposal might not find many takers from the private companies …
These facilities could be used as trauma centres for emergencies, accidents and natural disasters Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a massive joint health initiative which involves the setting up of 522 hospitals and diagnostic centres in all the major sta- tions of the country. This will be done in …
In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is pushing hard the Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee to get a good deal for the state from the railway budget. The state wants to get maximum allocation for the 29 railway projects that it has proposed with the Centre. The proposal includes 21 new routes …
