Media reports indicate that the Indian Railways invited requests for qualification (RfQ) from domestic and foreign firms for setting up two locomotive factories at an investment of Rs 32,000 crore. The Railways expects to award these two projects, which include setting up diesel locomotive factory and a electric locomotive factory, by December. The Railways planned to set up an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura and a diesel locomotive factory at Marh
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Mumbai’s 3 central railway stations to get ROBs
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) got the green light from the Railways to build road overbridges (ROBs) at three central railway stations in Mumbai. This will help streamline traffic flow in the busy pockets of the suburbs. An officer of the BMC's Bridges Department said on June 28 that the railways has said that it would cooperate with the BMC to construct three bridges at Vidyavihar, Vikhroli and Nahur railway stations.
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Govt mulls Rs1.5 bn infra projects in six months
Across various sectors including ports, airport and power & transmission, railways, the central government plans to implement Rs 150,000 crore worth projects in the next six months. After taking approvals from the Cabinet, the government plans to award these infrastructure projects in the next six months, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said
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Quick and comfortable
Quicom is a Transit-Oriented Development project, one of the largest unsolicited business model proposal for Mumbai to redevelop all 114 railway stations across local railway network under Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode.
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Tunnel construction project faces delay
There has been a long delay in the tunnel construction for the proposed underground metro line from close to Mandi House to ITO in Delhi. The project executing firms - Shanghai Urban Construction Group (SUCG) and Larsen and Toubro (L&T)
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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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Railways takes steps to strengthen financial position
Railways have taken various measures to improve its financial condition, which inter alia, include rationalization of the fare and freight structure taking into account the cost of inputs, introduction of dynamic Fuel Adjustment Component (FAC) in its tariff, proposed setting up of rail Tariff Regulatory Authority (RTRA), prioritizing the projects for better resources utilization, setti
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Technology can play an important role in improving throughput
Railways needs to create capacity along its arterial routes viz, the Golden Quadrilateral and diagonals as well as augment capacity on rail links serving ports, industrial hubs and to existing and new mining areas,
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Maharashtra govt clears Rs 210 bn elevated corridor project
Maharashtra government gave in-principle approval to the Rs 21,000-crore Elevated Rail Corridor Project between Oval Maidan and Virar in Mumbai. The state cabinet headed by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan gave the approval when the Western Railway General Manager made a presentation of the project at a recent meeting
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Maharashtra govt clears Rs 210 bn elevated corridor project
Maharashtra government gave in-principle approval to the Rs 21,000-crore Elevated Rail Corridor Project between Oval Maidan and Virar in Mumbai. The state cabinet headed by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan gave the approval when the Western Railway General Manager made a presentation of the project at a recent meeting