Barjor E Mehta, Country Head of World Bank in India expressed the commitment of the multilateral lending agency to support Hyderabad Metro Rail project and activities to transform Hyderabad as an eco-friendly global city.
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Kochi Metro
In Kochi, when the planned Metro Rail comes into service, each train will have three coaches with a capacity to carry a maximum of 1,000 persons.
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Authority to set up SPV for metro rail project
In order to set up a 29.707 kilometre metro rail line between Noida and Greater Noida, the Noida and the Greater Noida authorities are in the process of forming a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The SPV, named Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), will see an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. It is learnt that the authorities would soon approach the registrar of companies, Uttar Pradesh, for clearance and the w
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RMGL expects to commission metro rail project in June
Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon (RMGL) is about to complete work on the metro rail project in Gurgaon and it expects to commission the project in June. The project concessionaire completed work on five out of six metro stations (except Gateway Tower) and has also finished work on signaling, electrification and laying of tracks. Four of the five trains to be pressed into service have arrived at the site from
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Kolkata’s Noapara metro opening likely by month’s end
As soon as clearance is received from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) Metro Railway plans to run 25 pairs of trains to and from the Noapara station in north Kolkata. Officials have already approached the CRS and urged him to carry out the mandatory inspection so services may start from the end of this month.
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Ranchi-Delhi direct rail track to be ready by 2014
The Ranchi-Lohardaga-Tori railway line would be completed by 2014, says the Railways. The project has been delayed by a year. Once the rail tracks are laid completely it would facilitate faster route between Ranchi and New Delhi. The newly-laid railway tracks between Ranchi and Tori would shorten the route to Delhi, said General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER), Abhay Kumar Verma. Currently the trains need to undertake a circuitous journey to Delhi via Ramgarh and Barkakana.
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State govt must rectify error on metro project
In order to implement the Hyderabad metro rail project successfully, the Andhra Pradesh government will have to rectify the technical error in terms of the Act governing the project. Earlier the Andhra Pradesh High Court said in its order that the project was being wrongly governed by the Tramways Act and unless it is changed to Metro Act it could not be called 'Metro
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Centre asks UT to set up SPV for metro rail project
At a review meeting, the union government asked the union territory of Chandigarh to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for implementing tri-city metro rail project. The proposed project consists of two corridors – one running on a North-South axis and the other oriented East-West. From North to South the metro syst
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Bihar CM plans to complete metro rail project by 2016
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar plans to complete the proposed Rs 8,000 crore metro rail project in Patna by 2016. Reports indicate that the state government would ask Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) to conduct a survey on the proposed project, which may cover a distance of 40-kilometre
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Rail modernisation: Changing tracks
The Expert Group on Modernisation of Indian Railways submitted its recommendations to the government a year ago, and the Central Government has taken some significant steps in its Rail Budget 2013-14