A new report from The Infravision Foundation calls for the accelerated development of High-Speed Rail (HSR) to address India’s growing transport challenges. With every kilometre of High-Speed Rail (HSR) providing about five times the capacity of conventional rail, developing HSR on the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals—about 10,000 km—is expected to significantly boost rail capacity...
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NF Railway enabling sustainable infra growth of North East
NFR provides uninterrupted services, connectivity & inclusive initiatives The North East (NE) region has a very special place in all developmental agendas of the Government of India. Indian Railways is significantly contributing towards the transformation of this region through better modes of transportation & connecting far-off areas with the mainstream, says Sunil Kumar Jha, GM, North...
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South Western Railway surpasses electrification goal for 2021-22
SWR has attained 511.7 route km of electrification as of 28.03.2022
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PPPs Get Rolling in Railways
Investment opportunity stems from efforts of making rolling stock safer, faster and more efficient. The thrust on electrification is expected to give a spurt to electric locomotives, bringing down the fuel bill significantly, even as increasing investment in higher horse power locomotives will support longer rakes.
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Railway projects are gathering pace
Tilak Raj Seth, Executive Vice President, Mobility, Siemens, feels implementation of PPP will provide a fillip to railway projects in India. However, given the size and rapid growth in the country's rail sector, availability of trained manpower will remain a primary challenge.
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Railways to focus on renewable energy to attain cost-efficiency
In a bid to adopt green technology, the Indian Railways is giving a big push to renewable energy to attain cost efficiency, Minister Suresh Prabhu has said.
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9,653 villages electrified till date under DDUGJY
A total of 327 villages have been electrified across the country from 1st to 7th August 2016 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, seven villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 12 to Assam, 10 to Bihar, four to Chhattisgarh, 68 to Jharkhand, four to Madhya Pradesh, 11 to Manipur, 136 to Meghalaya, eight to Nagaland, 24 to Odisha, six to Rajasthan, two to Tripura, 31 to Uttar Pradesh and one each to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka
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We have constructed almost half of all the new lines that were laid last year
There are basically two kinds of projects. One is the greenfield projects where we are going to construct an absolutely new line. The other type is where we construct along the existing track, the doubling or third or fourth lines.
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L&T bags Rs.1,404 cr international orders
L&T said it has bagged orders worth Rs.1,404 crore across various business verticals. The first order, worth Rs.1,014 crore, is for electrification upgrade work in the Middle East.
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L&T wins Rs.1,213 crore DFC project
Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said its consortium with Sojitz Corp of Japan has won a Rs 1,213 crore project from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).
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