In a major initiative, railway stations and adjoining areas will be redeveloped on ´Smart City lines´ for enhancing passenger amenities, easy access to stations and enabling optimal utilisation of land at railway stations.
Tag: Suresh Prabhu
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Prabhu lays foundation stone for elevated rail line
Union Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhu has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 4-km Elevated Rail Line on the Rohtak-Gohana stretch in Haryana
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MAKE IN(fra) INDIA
Though the Centre has chalked out ambitious infrastructure plans, a multi-rate GST, and the DND toll cancellation issue, may dampen the spirit of the infra industry. Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Jairam Gadkari´s well laid out plans to kick start an infrastructure boom in India
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Railway stations to be redeveloped on Smart City lines
In a major initiative, railway stations and adjoining areas will be redeveloped on ‘Smart City lines’ for enhancing passenger amenities, easy access to stations and enabling optimal utilisation of land at railway stations.
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Railways goes solar, to fit solar panels on coaches
According to officials, the Indian Railways (IR) will provide 20 non-air conditioned coaches fitted with solar panels to Kangra Valley and Kalka-Shimla sections of Himachal Pradesh on a trial basis.
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We don´t have a benchmark. The government will have to start setting it
It seems the government has a few mega projects in hand. These really need to stand the test of time, and how the rollout is going to happen is going to be the single biggest challenge. The numbers are too big. They should get real in terms of achieving these numbers.
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Railways on Overdrive
While all the pressure to build a railway network in India in the mid-nineteenth century came from London, it is well into the 21st century that pressures of a very different kind are at work in modern-day India.
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Initial outcomes of efforts to modernise Railways overwhelming: Prabhu
The initial outcomes of efforts to modernise the Railways are ¨overwhelmingö but they are just a ¨trailer¨, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said.
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Safety First, (High) Speed Later
Our performance in Railway safety has not been very good. Accidents happen with regularity, and fatalities mount. Railways have a very well-oiled system of relief rrains, enquiries and compensations
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Rail budget gets thumbs-up from steel industry
Indian steel-makers gave a thumbs-up to the Rail Budget, saying infrastructure spending promised by the government will help increase steel demand.