Indian Railways has given jobs to more than 2,800 people, who are next of kin of employees who died from Covid-19 while working during the pandemic, on compassionate grounds. The deceased persons’ minor children will get a job when they turn 18, the Ministry of Railways said Wednesday. The Indian Railways lost 3,256 officials of […]
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Central Railway writes to Maharashtra govt seeking SOP for issuing tickets to students
As schools and colleges reopened in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Monday, the Central Railway on Tuesday wrote to the Maharashtra government seeking guidelines for issuing tickets and seasonal passes to students who want to travel in local trains. In the letter, addressed to the disaster management authority undersecretary, the railways are seeking standard […]
Promised Railway jobs in ‘ministry quota’, hopeful aspirants pay for ‘entrance exam, coaching class’ and more; duped of lakhs
IN an elaborate scam, several job aspirants in Pune were cheated of over Rs 6-7 lakh each after they were promised ‘Indian Railways jobs from ministry quota’. The aspirants were made to appear for fake exams, undergo training and were even ‘allotted duties’ at railway stations in Jharkhand before they realised they had fallen prey […]
Temporary facility for parking prototype train to come up adjacent to Aarey Metro car shed plot
A temporary facility for parking a prototype train for the 33.5-km trial run of Metro 3 corridor (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ) will be set up adjacent to the earlier controversial Aarey Metro car shed area. The temporary facility will come up at Sariput Nagar in Aarey, where a ramp is being constructed to connect the underground part of […]
AIIB approves $356 million loan for Chennai Metro
Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Thursday approved a $356.67 million loan to the Indian government to support the expansion of the Chennai Metro. The project, being implemented by the Chennai Metro Rail Limited, will include the construction of a new corridor from Lighthouse to Poonamalee Bypass as part of Phase 2 of metro construction. […]
Bengaluru: Sinkhole opens up in Bengaluru during metro tunnelling work
A sinkhole, about 30 feet deep, appeared on Tannery Road in Bengaluru metro during tunnelling work just 100 metres away from the alignment of the underground tunnel of Namma Metro. The metro officials have immediately evacuated all the residents of a building on the property where a sinkhole appeared and the building was not damaged […]
Central Railway loads 5.44 million tonnes freight in September, highest ever in 1 month
The Central Railway (CR) has loaded 5.44 million tonnes of freight in September 2021, which is the highest ever in a single month. There has been an increase of 35.6 per cent more loading of freight in the first two quarters of 2012-22 as compared to the corresponding period last year. According to CR officials, […]
Gurgaon Rapid Metro daily ridership not even 10% of projected figures in DPRs
The daily ridership numbers of the Gurgaon Rapid Metro is not even 10 per cent of the figure projected while conceptualising it, an official report has shown leading a senior IAS officer in Haryana to demand a probe in the entire manner in which the project was planned and implemented. Documents reveal that from October […]
Pune Metro will have a positive impact on real estate sector: Brijesh Dixit
“The Maha-Metro Rail, which is going to be the most significant mode of transport for Punekars, will have a favourable and positive impact on the Pune’s Real Estate sector, which has witnessed a marginal growth,” said Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL). He was speaking at the 38th Annual General Meeting […]
Delhi’s first integrated flyover-cum-metro viaduct to come up near Soorghat
The Delhi Metro and the Public Works Department (PWD) will build New Delhi’s first integrated flyover-cum-metro viaduct near Soorghat on the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor of Phase IV, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson said Sunday. The flyover and metro viaduct will run parallel to each other. There will also be a vehicle underpass. The […]
Trial run of Metro-3 line to be held in Aarey’s underground site
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday announced that trial runs of Mumbai Metro-3 line, which will run between Colaba and Seepz, will be conducted in Aarey Colony’s Marol Maroshi underground site. The statement said the site for the trial run is not the same as the one on which the controversial car shed for […]
Watch: Bengaluru railway division holds mock drill exercise at Yesvanthpur yard
A mock drill exercise as a part of preparedness training for disaster management was carried out by the Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway (SWR) along with NDRF 10th Battalion and SDRF Thursday at the Yesvanthpur yard. “Two coaches were derailed to create a scenario of a train accident and the information of injured passengers […]