During a meeting of the Special Task Force (STF), the Andhra Pradesh State Chief Secretary PK Mohanty suggested Hyderabad Metro Rail to prepare a master plan for future rail extensions. In order to meet the future needs of fast expanding city, Mohanty suggested the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Commissioner NK Prasad and Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director NVS Reddy to develop a Master Plan for future Metro Rail extensions.
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Chief secy suggests master plan for metro extension
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Cabinet approves Rs 231 bn Mumbai metro line project
The Rs 23,136 crore Mumbai Metro line-3, which would link Colaba, Bandra, Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone, received approval from the union cabinet recently. The cabinet also approved the plant to set up a joint venture between the centre and Maharashtra government with equal shareholding between them. In line with the Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi metro projects, the present special purpose vehicle (SPV), calle
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Mumbai’s 3 central railway stations to get ROBs
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) got the green light from the Railways to build road overbridges (ROBs) at three central railway stations in Mumbai. This will help streamline traffic flow in the busy pockets of the suburbs. An officer of the BMC's Bridges Department said on June 28 that the railways has said that it would cooperate with the BMC to construct three bridges at Vidyavihar, Vikhroli and Nahur railway stations.
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UP cabinet clears phase I of metro rail project
At a cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to begin work on the first phase of the Lucknow metro rail project on North-South corridor. The project would be implemented on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The state government formed the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to oversee the construction work and finali
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Mumbai Metro Line-3 gets approval
The Union government gave its approval for the construction of a 33.5 km-long metro corridor in Mumbai which would run from Colaba to Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) via Bandra.
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Kochi metro project contract to Era Infra
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded a Rs 383.7 crore contract to Era Infra Engineering (EIEL) for the construction of elevated viaduct, five elevated stations at the Kochi Metro Rail corridor in Kerala.
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Telecom Centre of Excellence
India got its 8th Telecom Centre of Excellence with RailTel Corrporation signing an MoU with IIT Roorkee for establishing RailTel IIT Roorkee Centre of Excellence in Telecom (RICET).
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High Court clears land acquisition for metro project
The transport department of the West Bengal government received clearance from the Calcutta High Court for the land acquired to implement a part of the East-West Metro project. The department acquired land for construction of Central Station at Bowbazar in the city under the metro rail project. However, residents of the area opposed the land acquisition arguing that the state government failed to anno
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Koderma-Giridih railway track opened in Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister BabulalMarandi on June 25 flagged off the first passenger train between Koderma and Nawadih on Koderma-Nawadih-Giridih railway track under Dhanbad division. The railway network - the foundation stone for which was laid by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2005 - will help people of Koderma, Domchanch, Markacho, Maheshpu and Nawadih. The Rs 371.36-crore Koderma-Giridih track project, covering 111 km, was sanctioned and supposed to be commissioned by 2005-06.
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Study cites disaster risks in Delhi metro rail system
A report by the United Nations office on disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, points out that over 50 stations (phases I & II) of the Delhi Metro are located in areas of high-earthquake hazard, exposing the line to earthquakes of up to a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale. UNISDR said this in its Global Assessment Report (GAR), which was released on June 3 for the Asia-Pacific region. One of the stations was also built in a high-flood hazard area. In both cases, hazard information was avail