The civic administration of Kochi district is taking steps to acquire land for the Kochi metro rail project, which reqÂuires approximately 40 heÂctare. It is learnt that addi-tional land would be acquired for conÂstructing a metro vill-age adjacent to the proposed coach-maintenance yard in near Aluva.
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Modernisation of Rlys needs ` 5.6 trillion
Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that an investment of Rs 5.6 lakh crore would be required to modernize Indian Railways. He also said that some major industries, mine and port merchants are coming forward for the expansion of railway tracks to intensify their services.
The dedicated state corridor between Ludhiana-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai would be completed before five years, he said. The total length of both the corridor railway tracks is 3,338 kilometer (km) and the Ludhiana cor
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Govt plans to link Faridabad and Gurgaon with mono rail
Addressing a rally in Faridabad, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said he plans to set up mono-rail between the city and Gurgaon in order to give a fillip to the development of the area. He said the government would work out the modalities of the project. Meanwhile, he said that under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission, developmental work
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Monorail as an urban rapid transit
The best suited approach to increase the efficiency of transport is to seamlessly integrate better and immediate modes of commuting that offer reliable and quality services, says Kanesan Veluppillai. Keeping urban infrastructure at focus, the government has announced 2010-2020 as the decade of innovation in transportation. A sustainable, cost-efficient and environment-friendly traÂnsport system is what modern India envisions of today.
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Monorail monopoly
Kanesan Veluppillai started his career with Credit Corporation (Malaysia) Berhad in 1984. From there, he moved on to lead the communications function at Master-Carriage Sdn Bhd as Group Communications Director. In 2000, Kanesan was appointed Group Director, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at DRB-HICOM Berhad, a leading Malaysian conglomerate with core businesses in the Automotive, Services and Property & Infrastructure sectors.
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Haulage charges set to rise for container firms
Reports indicate that 77 million tonne of goods in the form of containers is traÂnspÂorted through rail route every year. Haulage charge is something that container train operators pay Indian Railways for using the tracks, locomotives and signalling
infrastructure.
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Cabinet clears models for rail link projects in ports
Union cabinet has cleared the five models proposed by Indian Railways for setting up rail infrastructure in ports set up through private investment in the country. The five models include non-Government Railway, joint venture with equity participation by Railways, capacity augmentation through funding by customers, BOT and BOT (a
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Thales group firms bag contracts for metro rail project
Some of the group companies of French conglomerate Thales group bagged contracts for signalling and train control, and communication systems for Hyderabad metro rail project. While the contract for signalling is bagged by Thales Canada along with Thales India, that for communication is se
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Work on Angadippuram ROB to begin soon
In Kerala's Angadippuram railway gate area the issue of traffic congestion will soon be resolved as the Roads and Bridges Development Corporation (RBDC) is expected to begin the work on the railway overbridge (ROB) at Angadippuram, on the National Highway 213. RBDC has submitted the general arrangement drawing (GAD) for the final approval of the railways.
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AP govt to resolve issues related to metro project
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy assured L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad, which implements metro rail project in the city, that the state government would resolve issues related to the project. During a meeting with L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Chairman YM Deosthalee and Managing Director VB Gadgil, Reddy said the special task force headed by the Chief Secretary would meet more frequently and r