Railway minister Suresh Prabhu dedicated the Rail Budget to the ´aam aadmi,´ saying that there would be a turnaround of the Railways in the next five years. The Lok Sabha recently passed the demand of grants for the Railways. ´The Rail Budget has kept the aam aadmi in its focus.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
Post
Post
UPA´s low-cost airport project on hold
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government has decided to put on hold the previous once ambitious plan of developing low-cost airports in non-metro cities.
Post
Kolhapur airport gains speed
The Airport Authority of India (AAI), which has planned to spend Rs 100 crore in the first phase of Kolhapur airport.
Post
Railways in severe financial crisis, says Trivedi Panel
After two years of healthy operations, a severe financial crisis has again gripped Indian Railways (IR), says a parliamen-¡tary panel headed by former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.
Post
60% rise in Titagarh Wagons
Titagarh Wagons Limited reported a 60 per cent jump in revenue for the March quarter
Post
Coimbatore Airport to get infra boost
The Coimbatore International Airport is all set to get infrastructure and passenger amenities worth more than Rs 14.5 crore this year. This includes two new aerobridges, two more aprons for parking aircrafts and a lift at the departure area.
Post
All permissions in place for Navi Mumbai airport
All Central Government permissions for the Navi Mumbai International Airport have been granted, Chief Secretary Swadhin Kshatriya said. Seven permissions, from the environment and civil aviation ministries were received last month, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s countrywide video-conference with chief secretaries.
Post
Rise in revenues of Mysore railway divisions
The overall earnings of the Mysore Division of the South Western Railway has risen 11.02 per cent to Rs 527.37 crore over the previous year. It has transported 52.2 million passengers this year, earning 13.52 per cent more at Rs 222.64 crore over 2013-14. Loading has shown a 3.8 per cent increase, 3.455 million tonne as against last year´s loading of 3.33 million tonne.
Post
Kochi Metro to run on Dec 31: Chandy
The Kerala Government has full faith in´Metro Man´ E Sreedharan, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after some legislators expressed doubt over Metro projects in the capital and in Kozhikode.
Post
LMRC underground work to begin by Dec
The construction of Luckno´s first ever underground Metro corridor from Charbagh to K D Singh Babu Stadium will begin from December this year, said E Sreedharan, Principal Advisor to LMRC (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation).