With Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu making it clear that his government´s immediate focus would be on the construction of Amaravati, including putting in place at the earliest a Metro rail system, the Vizag Metro Rail (VMR) project may remain in the backburner until then
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HCC achieves tunnel boring in crucial Delhi Metro III project
Infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has successfully achieved a major breakthrough by day-lighting the tunnel on the Dwarka-Najafgarh Metro corridor.
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Public projects require subsidy
At the moment, we have two new projects. We are working on a project on semi-high speed train to improve the travel time between Delhi and Chandigarh. This involves our recommending ways to reduce the trip to two hours instead of the present four. We are also cooperating on stations. Stations are living spaces and not just places where people come and go.
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82 railway stations to get CCTV cameras
The Southern Railway will install CCTV cameras in 82 railway stations in Chennai division at a cost of Rs.40.6 crore in six months. ´The Union Ministry of Railways recently sanctioned Rs.40.6 crore for installing CCTV cameras in 82 railway stations in the Chennai division.
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7th Pay Commission | Rs.24,325-crore impact on railways
The Cabinet´s nod to the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission would create an impact of Rs.24,325 crore on the Indian Railways (IR) in the current financial year.
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Railway employees to join nationwide strike
Around 40 lakh railway employees will join the postal, defence and other Central government employees in the indefinite strike from July 11, working president of All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF) N Kanniah has said.
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Vizag Metro may miss next polls
The Vizag Metro Rail envisaged to decongest the ever growing traffic and to provide rapid transport may not be commissioned in the election year of 2019.
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Jail permits Metro rail work on its land
In a welcome move, Central Jail authorities have permitted Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) to start its work on jail land even though land transfer is yet to take place.
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Underground Metro-3 plan
The Revised Draft Development Plan 2034 of BMC has highlighted another major loophole in the proposed Metro-3 corridor underground station at Flora Fountain. In addition, the heritage committee approval for the project is also pending
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Indian Railways kicks off Talgo trial run
Indian Railways (IR) has started the first trial run of a nine-coach semi-high-speed train, imported from Spain and manufactured by Madrid-based Talgo. If successful, it would put India into a select club of nations with operational semi-high speed capacity of 160-200 km per hour.