The back-to-back calamities in Kerala are fueling the protests and resentment against major infrastructure projects in the state, such as the high-speed rail line and the Sabarimala airport. Apart from the ecological issues posed by the proposed constructions, concerns are also being raised over the requirement of construction materials like rocks in large quantities. The […]
Category: Railways
Launching gantry slips off metro pillar in BTM Layout but disaster averted
A major accident was averted at a metro construction site in South Bengaluru on Sunday after a launching gantry slipped from a pier and rested precariously on the beam without falling down. The incident was reported in BTM Layout 2nd Stage on the Outer Ring Road near the Udupi Garden Signal around 6.15 am. A […]
Kolkata Metro bids adieu to non-AC rakes
The Metro Railway, Kolkata, on Sunday formally bade farewell to non-AC rakes, some of which have been in service since its inception as the country’s first underground railway in 1984. The Kolkata Metro, which started operations on this day in 1984, organised an exhibition ‘Down the Memory Lane’ at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station to mark […]
Assam connected with first electric rail service
Assam was connected by electric rail services as an electric-run passenger train reached Kamakhya station in Guwahati for the first time on Friday. The Delhi-Kamakhya Brahmaputra Mail electric train was run after electrification work from New Coochbehar in West Bengal up to Kamakhya station was completed recently and authorisation was granted by the Commissioner of […]
Railways ferry onions from Bharuch to Malda Town
In a major impetus to the ‘Hungry for Cargo’ motto, various efforts initiated by the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway has started yielding positive results and this has resulted in yet another landmark breakthrough. The Business Development Units of Mumbai Division has transported cement from Nardana and imported pulses from Udhna. WR General Manager Ashok Kansal is […]
IISc to give accident prevention tech to Kerala’s Silverline project
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and an institute-incubated startup signed an MoU on Thursday with Kerala Rail to enhance rail safety in vulnerable areas along that state’s high-speed ‘Silverline’ train project. L2M Rail, a startup incubated at IISc’s Society for Innovation and Development (SID), has developed a system to assess the strength of railway […]