BENGALURU: The Rs 15,767-crore Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project has been allocated just Rs 400 crore in the budget, against the Rs 1,300 crore that was sought for. The allocation is only 31% of its requirement. K-RIDE, the nodal agency for the implementation of the project stated that the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) had […]
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Metro line to Tumakuru, Devanahalli in Bengaluru proposed
BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced a proposal to extend two different Metro lines of Phase-II to Tumakuru and Devanahalli. The feasibility study is set to begin. “A feasibility report will be prepared to extend Metro rail from BIEC (Madavara) to Tumakuru and Kempegowda International Airport to Devanahalli on a Public-Private Partnership model,” he […]
309 rail passengers from Karnataka lost lives in five years
MYSURU: Despite repeated warnings from the railway department on the precautions to be taken while crossing the railway lanes or boarding and deboarding from the moving trains, incidents of passengers being injured or killed in accidents are being reported regularly. As per the reports of the railway department, 309 people have lost their lives in […]
Metro Phase-II land purchase cost goes up by Rs 438 crore
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Metro’s Phase-II project’s land acquisition cost has gone up by Rs 438.26 crore. Widening of roads, addition of a depot and a station and service roads have forced Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to acquire an additional 44 hectares of land, jacking up the cost. The overall cost of the 72-km network […]
ECoR floats Rs 641 crore tender for 41.5 km of Jeypore-Malkangiri railway line
MALKANGIRI : SEVEN years after the 130 km Jeypore-Malkangiri railway line was sanctioned by the Centre, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has invited tender for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Rs 2,676 crore project. Sources said the tender has been floated in anticipation of land acquisition which is yet to start. The […]
Karavadi-Surareddipalem third line commissioned in AP
VIJAYAWADA : The third line between Karavadi – Surareddipalem under Vijayawada Railway division of the South Central Railway, covering a distance of 20.3 km, has been successfully completed and commissioned. This section is part of the Vijayawada-Gudur tripling and electrification project, one of the ongoing major projects in the State. With the tripling of this […]
Vijayawada-Gudur 3rd line to be complete by current financial year end
VIJAYAWADA : Works for the Vijayawada-Gudur third line are expected to be completed and commissioned by the end of the current financial year, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in the Lok Sabha recently in response to a query raised by Machilipatnam MP Vallabhaneni Balashowry. Of the total 287-km project, 184-km third line has […]
Railway safety commissioner inspects services from Tripunithura metro station
KOCHI: The Commissioner of railway safety (CRS) began inspections of metro services from the Tripunithura metro station, the final stop in Phase-1 of Kochi Metro. The two-day inspection is led by CRS Anant M Chowdhary and comes after successful completion of trial runs. The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is expected to commission the service […]
Kochi metro Phase-2 work: Traffic diversion to ease congestion
KOCHI: Ahead of the start of the construction work on Kochi Metro Phase-2 from JLN Stadium to Infopark in Kakkanad, District Collector N S K Umesh convened a meeting on Monday and decided to include various departments and organisations for seamless progress of the works, while ensuring traffic is not hit. The meeting’s focus was […]
Fined for jay walking, three TN youths place rocks on railway tracks
COIMBATORE: Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested three youths from Uttar Pradesh who allegedly placed rocks on the railway tracks near Madukkarai Market. According to sources, V Jugul Kishore Chauhan (21), R Rakesh Yadav (21) and R Bablu Chauhan (27), are friends and work in two engineering units in the city. On Saturday, the three bought […]
Farmers’ protest: Multiple gates at eight stations of Delhi Metro shut
NEW DELHI: In view of the farmers’ march to the national capital, one or more gates at eight stations of the Delhi Metro were shut on Tuesday morning. However, these stations are not closed and entry and exit of passengers is permitted through other gates. Official sources said the gates have been shut for security […]
Multi-bagger Railway, PSU stocks take a big hit after record rally
NEW DELHI: Shares of many ‘multi-bagger’ state-owned companies took a big beating on Monday as muted third-quarter earnings numbers and lack of fresh triggers are said that jittered investors’ sentiments and raised valuation concerns. The BSE PSU index, the key barometer of PSU (public sector undertaking) stock, fell 4.44% on Monday to close at 17,564 […]