By the end of June 2013, the Delhi government hopes to allocate at least 7,000 houses meant for economically weaker sections (EWS) out of the around 14,000 flats built over five years ago. These flats were built over five years ago and still remain unused because of non-allocation. However, with the assembly election round the corner, the state government has expedited the allocation
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DMRC creates 1,516 m tunnel for metro phase III
A 1,516 metre-long tunnel was excavated between Mandi House and Janpath metro station in Delhi by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) within 182 working days. The tunnel work is part of the Phase-III metro rail project in the capital city and the tunnel has an internal diameter of 5.8 metre
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Kerala govt to complete work on national waterways soon
Minister of Ports for Kerala K Babu informed that his government complete the work on the national waterway from Kottappuram to Kovalam soon. Speaking on the sidelines of an event, the minister affirmed that the government was fully committed to the development of water transportation in the state. He said the state government gave utmost impo
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Railways’ freight traffic rises 4.12% in 2012-13
During 2012-13, the Indian Railways have carried 1.009 billion tonne of revenue earning freight traffic compared to 969.78 million tonne in the previous year. This represents an increase of 39.95 million tonne or 4.12 per cent over 2011-12. In March 2013, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 98.20 million tonne. There is an increase of 4.35 million tonne over the actual freight traffi
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Andhra govt, railways to implement Rs 650 cr project
Andhra government and Rail Vikas Nigam are in the process of jointly implementing a Rs 650-crore phase II multi-modal transport system project in Hyderabad. Both the entities would set up a special purpose vehicle to implement the project and the cost would be shared by them in the ratio of two-thirds (Andhra Pradesh government) and one-third (south central Railw
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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
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SCI can take possession of 7 vessels of erstwhile JV
Sources from the union shipping ministry informed that the discontinuation of the joint venture between Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and Irano Hind Shipping Company would add seven ships to the former's fleet. SCI will get the seven vessels as it agreed to repay the loans of the joint venture. It is learnt that the joint ventu
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Alstom to despatch train for metro rail by June 2013
Alstom said it would despatch the first train for the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL), manufactured in Sao Paulo, Brazil by June 2013. A team from the Chennai Metro Rail led by L Narsim Prasad, Director (RS, S&T and Electrical) and Umesh Rai inspected the
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Govt to extend Dabhol pipeline upto Mangalore
The natural gas pipeline laid between Dhabol in Maharashtra and Bangalore would be extended up to Mangalore via Chitradurga, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily said. The extension of the pipeline till Mangalore would enable the government to supply gas to domestic and commercial consumers in the coastal town. Moily said this while addressing a press