The price of MumbaiÂ’s first metro rail between Versova, Andheri and Ghatkopar, being constructed by Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One (MMOPL) has shot up by 84 per cent, reveal a information elicited under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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Delhi Metro Phase III to cross rail tracks, flyover
In its Phase III, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will attempt to construct the line over a railway line as well as two loops of a flyover, situated between the turning to Okhla Phase III and Ishwar Nagar Metro stations.
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Land transfer to metro rail firms
The Union Cabinet recently approved the proposal for treating 50:50 joint ownership metro rail companies like DMRC at par with CPSUs for transfer of land. This will allow to transfer/alienation of land including defence land to metro rail companies having 50:50 partnership between the Government of India
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DFC gets green nod
The ambitious project of Indian Railways, Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project passing through Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai has been cleared by the Supreme Court after hearing under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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Fuel saving locomotive at Railways
Yet another milestone in introduction of fuel-efficient technologies for diesel engines has been achieved with Indian Railways manufacturing the first multi-genset locomotive in India.
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Delhi monorail by 2017
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has reiterated her commitment to make sure the city has its monorail by 2017. An Indo-Japan monorail seminar was conducted recently to discuss the likely prospects of monorail in Delhi.
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Mumbai Metro to be commissioned this year
Mumbai likely to have its Metro rail service by this year end, said the project executing company Reliance Infrastructure on August 27. The company added that it is waiting for requisite approvals. The firm is planning expansion of the metro line. Once it started, the Mumbai Metro rail can accommodate seven lakh passengers a day.
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India has 4,786 rail stations with more than 2 platforms
In the country, the total number of railway stations having two or more platforms are 4786. So far, 56 railway stations have been equipped with 153 escalators including Metro Railway Kolkata and suburban section of Chennai, said the Union Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha recently.
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Railways explores to set up JV nuke plant
The present peak power requirement of Indian Railways is around 4000 mega watt (mw). Preliminary discussions have been held with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for exploring the possibility of setting up of a nuclear power plant of 1,400 mw capacity in Joint Venture with them.
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625 km double track rail corridor awarded at Rs 6,700 cr
In yet another important development in the implementation of the ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor Project of Indian Railways, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has awarded a major contract for construction of 625 km of double track corridor from Rewari (Haryana) to Iqbalgarh (Gujrat) via Rajasthan at a cost of about Rs 6,700 crore.