Earning a revenue of Rs 717.84 crore, Eastern Railway (ER) in last September loaded 5,270 million tonne (mt) of freight up by 16.67 per cent over 4.517 mt loaded in the same month last year.
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Shirdi airport by Dec
The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) stated that the construction of airport near Shirdi may be completed by this year-end.
IR freight in Apr-Sept 2013
Indian Railways (IR) has carried 511 million tonne (mt) of revenue earning freight traffic during the first half of fiscal 2013.
Airport metro extension
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may consider extending the airport metro corridor to IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon so that the ridership as well as property development revenue of the line can be boosted. The proposal has been made by the Urban Development Ministry.
Speedy clearance of exports in Kochi port
An export processing centre and Gate Module have been launched by the Customs Department at ICTT Vallarpadam for speedy export clearance
UltraTech terminal at Mumbai
To cut expenditure on logistics, UltraTech Cement is set to build a Rs 100-crore terminal at the Mumbai Port to transport cement from its plants in Gujarat into Mumbai.
Paradip Port to have container handling infra
To increase traffic through its route, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) in Orissa has decided to establish ´containerised cargo handling´infrastructure. The port is now worried over diversion of specific cargoes to major ports.
Coal transport for NTPC to begin via Waterway
To move imported coal from Sandheads to NTPC´s super thermal power plant at Farakka in West Bengal along the National Waterway Number One (NW1) will start shortly. NTPC will use the coal for power generation purpose
Fireworks to be exported via VOC Port
Fireworks sector in Sivakasi of Tamil Nadu is to utilise VOC Port to tap the huge global market for crackers. Officials of VOC Port Trust in Tuticorin decided to permit export of fireworks through the port.
Inland port proposed in Jharkhand
The proposal to build an inland port on the Subernarekha river in Sahebganj in Jharkhand has been said to be cleared by the Planning Commission.

