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 …
Farmers in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh are protesting acquisition of their farmlands for the eastern section of a dedicated freight corridor. The railway ministry plans to acquire 622 hectares in 30 villages of Chandauli. “The soil here is fertile. Even if the government gives us handsome compensation, we would …
RANAGHAT: Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today flagged off the commencement of work for conversion of 15 kilometre long narrow gauge line between Krishnagar junction and Shantipur junction into broad gauge at Ranaghat today. The foundation stone for conversion of the 12 kilometre long narrow gauge line between Krishnagar Junction-Nabadwip …
Pool money, get railway station Where there is a will, there is a way. The residents of this hitherto non-descript village in Gurgaon district have proved this old adage true even in the present era, when authorities
Gurgaon: For 25 years, residents of Tajnagar village near Gurgaon lobbied for a railway station in their village. When their demand was not met, the villagers decided to take matters in their own hands
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had already altered the land acquisition template of the Indian Railways in a bid to ensure no land was forcefully acquired for projects undertaken by her ministry. Mamata Banerjee
In a bid to persuade farmers to part with their land for rail projects, the railways has decided to offer every land loser family a job as well as compensation. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she had amended railway rules to make this arrangement possible. Speaking at the foundation …
The monthlong Maharashtra leg of the Red Ribbon Express, which was flagged off from Delhi last year, will begin on Monday with the train painted yellow and red chugging into Amalner station in Jalgaon. An awareness and training campaign of the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and Indian Railways, the …
Flagship Programmes Such As Rajiv Awas Yojna, Right To Education, Railways Projects Face Hurdles Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI THE iconic projects and flagship programmes of the Manmohan Singh government are suffering from implementation blues. The delivery monitoring unit in the Prime Minister
Indian Railways have drawn up ambitious plans for developing high speed train systems in India. The Author, who is an expert in track structure and bridges, has brought out the different track structures needed for operation of high speed trains. Various types of tracks, both ballasted and ballast-less track structures, …
The Golden quadrilaterals of the Indian Railways consisting of routes connecting the four metros and the diagonals carry over 55% of freight traffic. These routes are already oversaturated. Capacity constraints on these routes have had a major contribution to the loss of market share of railways. There is an urgent …
The increased flow of knowledge, resources, goods and services among nations that has occurred as a result of globalization has led to a major increase over the years in transport activity. This has had an impact on the environment in a number of ways: through increased economic activity in general; …
The Republican Party of India (RPI) has decided to launch an agitation to voice their demand for the relocation of the cement godown on the Khadki railway station premises. The RPI said the godown was proving a health hazard for the local people and school children. A number of residents …
Mumbai: Chief minister Ashok Chavan has asked the railways to look for other sources of water to meet their daily requirements. The Central and Western Railway require about 38.52 lakh litres of water of which the former consumes nearly 23.40 lakh litres to wash local train coaches. "We want to …
AGARTALA, Dec 21: In order to ensure better passenger amenities, Ministry of Railways has announced to make available free quality drinking water round-the-clock at railway stations in the northeastern states through Reverse Osmosis (RO) process. Railway officials here said a similar scheme was introduced in other parts of the country …
India may have recently vowed to slash carbon emissions by 20-25 per cent but Mumbai's new electrical suburban trains are already speeding ahead of this target. These local trains curb carbon emissions by 40 per cent and save 30 per cent more electricity than a normal train. The saving is …
Former Union minister and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi may claim that the Indian Railways is the "biggest smuggler" of the wildlife and cattle in the country. But Ms Gandhi's allegation was dubbed as unfair by railway minister Mamata Banerjee. Ms Gandhi made her charge during Question Hour in the Lok …
State & Railways at loggerheads over Tata land, concrete proposal sought Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 15 DeC: Singur is earning itself a reputation ~ and not a sound one. The land itself is fast turning out to be a cursed one, the way the state government and the railways are …
