Mumbai: Alert officials of the Railway Protection Force and some commuters saved the life of a man who jumped on railway tracks from a Foot Over Bridge (FOB) at Bhayandar station near Mumbai. A video of a man plunging from the FOB connecting Bhayandar East to West went viral on Friday, an official said. “RPF […]
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Namma Metro takes baby steps to build what could become Phase 4
Bengaluru: Namma Metro has started taking baby steps to build what could be Phase 4. On Friday, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) invited open bids from consulting agencies to study the feasibility of adding 118 km to the metro network (see table). Companies fulfilling the eligibility criteria are required to submit the bids on […]
New Pamban railway bridge in Rameswaram will be ready very soon: Railway Board chairperson
New Delhi: The Pamban railway bridge, India’s first vertical-lift bridge connecting the country’s mainland with Rameswaram Island, will become operational very soon, Railway Board chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha has said. Varma, who recently visited Rameswaram to review the progress of the work, told PTI on Thursday, “The re-construction work is going very well and we […]
Special Bengaluru-Kochuveli train to run during Attukal Pongal season
Bengaluru: The railways will run a special train between SMVT Bengaluru and Kochuveli to meet the demand during the Attukal Pongal season. Train number 06501 SMVT Bengaluru-Kochuveli Express Special will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 11.55 pm on February 24 and reach Kochuveli at 7.10 pm the next day. Train number 06502 Kochuveli-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special […]
Namma Metro gets Rs 650 cr for Phase 3
Bengaluru: Karnataka has allocated Rs 650 crore for Phase 3 of Namma Metro in its state budget for 2024-25, official sources in BMRCL said. The agency has sought Rs 1,003.47 crore. The metro operator has been given Rs 1,435 crore in this budget, as against Rs 2,831 crore last year. It will spend the funds […]
None of audited sites developed: Railway land lying vacant as RLDA fails commercial development mission
New Delhi: The Public Accounts Committee of the Lok Sabha has found that the Railway Land Development Authority failed in its objective to develop railway land for commercial use due to various reasons. In its report presented to the Lok Sabha, the committee said that it reviewed 17 of the 49 sites entrusted to the […]
Connecting Kashmir: Banihal-Sangaldan section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link to open on Feb 20
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will start train services on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-km-long significant segment of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, on February 20. “We will get a step closure to realise our dream to connect Srinagar with Kanyakumari,” a source in the railways told PTI. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail […]
Woman goes into labour on local train in Navi Mumbai; cops rush her to hospital
Thane: A 25-year-old woman went into labour while travelling on a local train in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra following which the railway police rushed her to a nearby hospital where she delivered a baby girl, an official said on Wednesday. Zakia Mehboob Syed, a resident of Uran area, was on board the Uran-Nerul local […]
Sanctioned at 25 cr, cost over 2K cr: Railways mismanaged land acquisition for Hajipur-Sagauli project
New Delhi: The Hajipur-Sagauli New Line project, sanctioned in 2003-04 at an estimated cost of Rs 24.66 crore, registered a huge cost escalation of Rs 2,066.78 crore in January 2019 due to indecisiveness of the Railway Administration, according to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report. Tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the report titled […]
Allahabad HC issues notice to railways over gang rape of woman in moving train
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday issued a notice to the railway ministry in a suo motu petition filed regarding the gang rape of a woman on board a moving train in 2016, after which she was thrown off. A division bench of Justice A R Masoodi and Justice B R […]
Anurag Thakur flags off special ‘Aastha’ train from Himachal’s Amb to Ayodhya
Una, Himachal Pradesh: Union minister Anuraj Thakur Monday flagged off an ‘Aastha’ special train carrying pilgrims from Himachal Pradesh’s Amb to Ayodhya. The train carrying 1,074 devotees left for Ayodhya at 6 am in the special Aastha Express train to Ayodhya. A large number of Ram devotees are visiting Ayodhya after the consecration ceremony at […]
Western Railway busts fake recruitment scam in Mumbai
Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway (WR) busted a fake recruitment racket under which an accused had allegedly defrauded as many as 300 candidates to the tune of a whopping Rs 21 crore through false job promises. The operation was carried out by the WR’s vigilance team. The team had been chasing […]