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
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Railway freight to impact cement industry
The proposed 5.79 per cent increase in rail freight as per the recent Railway Budget may impact the margins of the cement industry. Around 50 to 60 per cent of the freight expense of a typical cement company is related to rail freight,
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DMRC creates 1,516 m tunnel for metro phase III
A 1,516 metre-long tunnel was excavated between Mandi House and Janpath metro station in Delhi by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) within 182 working days. The tunnel work is part of the Phase-III metro rail project in the capital city and the tunnel has an internal diameter of 5.8 metre
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Odisha CM asks for pacing up of railway projects
While reviewing the progress of different railway projects in the state on April 23 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the State Revenue Department to expedite land acquisition for different railway projects to speed up their completion.Sources said land acquisition for 112 km Khurda-Balangir railway line (Khurda-Begunia-36 km and Begunia-Nayagarh from 36 km to 112 km) have been completed.
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Railways start work on Rs 15 bn project in Andha
The Indian Railways started work on the Rs 1,500 crore project in Andhra Pradesh. The project, which involves doubling or electrification, is spread over 221 km covering 51 railway stations. It would cover Vijayawada-Gudivada-Machilipatnam, Gudivada-Bhimavaram, Narsapur-Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu secti
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Railways’ freight traffic rises 4.12% in 2012-13
During 2012-13, the Indian Railways have carried 1.009 billion tonne of revenue earning freight traffic compared to 969.78 million tonne in the previous year. This represents an increase of 39.95 million tonne or 4.12 per cent over 2011-12. In March 2013, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 98.20 million tonne. There is an increase of 4.35 million tonne over the actual freight traffi