India can achieve energy independence by 2047, when it celebrates 100 years of independence, according to a study by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The study titled “Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat” also notes India’s energy infrastructure needs an investment of USD3 trillion in the coming decades. It determined that achieving energy […]
Category: Railways
Mumbai Metro 3: Over 2,000 families rehabilitated so far
With the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) making steady progress on the city’s first underground metro, a total of 2,125 families have been rehabilitated so far, officials said. The families have been relocated to SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) buildings under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project’s policy for rehabilitation and resettlement. The MMRCL is the […]
Jet Airways CEO-designate tweet comparing Dubai, India metro stations triggers aesthetics debate
Aviation veteran Sanjiv Kapoor’s tweet comparing metro stations of Bangalore and Dubai metro stations has created a flutter, attracting mixed responses from social media users. Kapoor, who is the Jet Airways CEO-Designate, tweeted, comparing Bangalore and Dubai metro stations, along with pictures. “Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata… why are our overground/ overhead metro stations such artless concrete […]
Railway ticket checker who ‘misbehaved’ with woman arrested in Bengaluru
A deputy chief ticket inspector (DCTI) of the Indian Railways, who was recently suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman passenger at a railway station in Bengaluru, was arrested Monday. The ticket checker, identified as V Santhosh, allegedly heckled the woman to show her ticket on March 14. The woman approached the police on March […]
MoU signed with Japan govt for key work on bullet train network
THE National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Japan government, which has nominated a Special Purpose Company – Japan High-Speed Rail Electric Engineering Co. Ltd. (JE) – to execute core Japanese Shinkansen technologies works related to safety and punctuality of trains on Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train […]
Japan nominates company for work related to Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan government, which has nominated the Japan High-Speed Rail Electric Engineering Co. Ltd for the execution of the core Shinkansen technologies work related to the safety and punctuality of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train network. The Japanese company will carry […]
Metro back on track for UT after 14 years as Punjab, Haryana green-light project
Ignoring MP Kirron Kher’s concerns, the UT Administration along with Haryana and Punjab governments Thursday gave “in-principle” approval to the “metro project” for the Tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. This was decided at a meeting held at UT Secretariat in Sector 9, Chandigarh, after the report on comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) prepared by RITES […]
Metro for Chandigarh tricity gets in-principle approval
The comprehensive mobility plan for the tricity area was given in-principle approval during a meeting of representatives of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh governments Thursday, paving the way for a metro rail project. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar represented Haryana while minister Anmol Gagan Maan represented Punjab. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit chaired the […]
Railway ticket checker suspended for ‘misbehaving’ with woman passenger in Bengaluru
A deputy chief ticket inspector (DCTI) has been suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman passenger at a railway station in Bengaluru. The heated altercation between the ticket checker, identified as V Santhosh, and the passenger at Bengaluru’s KR Puram railway station on March 14 has gone viral on social media. The ticket checker confronted […]
Ramkrishna Forgings-Titagarh Wagons consortium lowest bidder for supplying wheels to Railways
In a major boost to the country’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative, Ramkrishna Forgings Limited and Titagarh Wagons consortium was on Wednesday declared the lowest bidder (L1) by the Ministry of Railways for manufacturing and supplying forged wheels to the Indian Railways. As the selected bidder, the consortium will set up a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India […]
UP: Talks fail, power staff on strike; Govt says will invoke ESMA
As the dialogue between the state government and a section of protesting Uttar Pradesh power department employees failed to yield any result, the protesting employees went on a 72-hour-long strike beginning at 10 pm Thursday, while alleging discrepancies in their promotion, pension and salary, among other issues. The government, however, warned of action against the […]
Who is Surekha Yadav, the first woman to operate semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train
Surekha Yadav, 57, who recently became the first woman to operate the newly introduced semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train has been a trailblazer in many ways. Yadav, who piloted the semi-high-speed train between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai Monday, has broken the proverbial glass ceiling a number of times. She […]