Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said the landmark railway line, connecting the northeastern region with Bangladesh, will be ready by the end of 2021. According to Singh, when the construction of the railway line, between Agartala in Tripura and Akhaura in Bangladesh, will be completed, it will pave the way […]
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu has given nod to the proposal of Housing and Urban Development (H & UD) Department to set up elevated light rail system in Jammu and Srinagar to provide ‘best-in-class’ mobility. Department of Information and Public Relations, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir tweeted: “Lt […]
South Central Railway (SCR) has been allocated Rs 6,846 crore in the Budget including grants of Rs 2,856 crore for new lines. Doubling and third line and bypass works have been provided Rs 3,836 crore, while Rs 152 crore has been earmarked for traffic facilities. According to a release, of […]
A budgetary grant of Rs 1,542 crore for fiscal 2020-21 has been alloted for the ongoing Metro railway projects in Kolkata. Quoting a Metro official, a PTI report said the East-West Metro corridor, the first phase of which is scheduled to be inaugurated on February 13, has received a grant […]
The railway line between Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by September 2021, according to officials. The process for acquisition of land and handing it over to the executing agency in both the countries has been completed, a PTI report said, quoting officials. The much awaited 15.6 km-long […]
Tender has been floated by RITES for Howrah-Mumbai main line, between Belpahar-Brajrajnagar section of SEC railway, Bilaspur in Odisha. The work will be completed in a period of 12 months and the cost will be Rs 126.68 crore. The scope of work envisages earthwork in formation, construction of major and […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) signed a loan agreement of Rs 1,600 crore for the Pune Metro project. The pact was inked in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). EIB, European Union’s (EU) lending institution, had agreed […]
The Indian Railways has said about 51,000 hectares of its unused land was available for installing solar plants with a potential to generate 10 GW of clean energy. This announcement was made hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a proposal to set up such land-based plants alongside rail tracks […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray declared open the 11-km Nagpur Metro line between Lokmanya Nagar-Sitabuldi interchange. Known as the Aqua Line, a total of 24.50 km of metro with six stations has become operational in Nagpur, which is the state’s second capital. According to an official, another five stations are […]
Chennai Metro Rail will commence the trial run on its phase one expansion route from the end of February. Chennai Metro Rail Limited officials were quoted as saying by The Hindu that they are likely to do run a shunting loco in the underground stretch from Washermanpet to Korukkupet initially, […]