Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on November 10, 2019, tweeted that a new flyover, expected to reduce travel by 30 minutes between Sion and Dharavi in Mumbai, stood open for public use from the … READ FULL STORY
Railway minister Piyush Goyal, on February 25, 2019, announced that 45 acres of surplus land adjoining Dharavi, would be given on a 99-year lease to the Dharavi Redevelopment Authority, helping in developing the area … READ FULL STORY
Giving the green signal for the much-awaited Phase II of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), the Madras High Court, on December 19, 2018, dismissed an appeal against a single judge bench’s order, directing … READ FULL STORY
Up to Rs 65,000 crores has been approved for a host of rail infrastructure projects on the suburban network in Mumbai and its surrounding areas, said railway minister Piyush Goyal, on November 11, 2018. … READ FULL STORY
Indicating that the bullet train project is running behind schedule, sources in the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the implementing agency of the project, have said that in the event of a … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by justice RS Rathore, has directed the Railways to seek a ‘no-objection certificate’ (NOC) from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), for extraction of groundwater to clean … READ FULL STORY
The Gokhale road overbridge (ROB), built in 1971, collapsed near the eastern side of the Andheri railway station in Mumbai, on July 3, 2018 and part of it fell on the rail tracks in … READ FULL STORY
In a letter to union power minister RK Singh, Delhi’s power minister Satyendar Jain, said that the thermal generation stations, Dadri I and II, Jhajjar and Badarpur, had been facing an ‘acute coal shortage’ … READ FULL STORY
The Calcutta High Court, on June 13, 2018, directed the state government to depute a magistrate to oversee the drive to evict around 80 illegal shops, encroaching on railway land at New Jalpaiguri and … READ FULL STORY
Nearly 12,066 acres of surplus land of the Railways, are now up for grabs. The national transporter has written to 13 states, asking them to either buy or exchange these land parcels, for developmental … READ FULL STORY
Keeping in mind the growing pressure of the suburban traffic in Bengaluru, the Railways has sanctioned a quadrupling project, with a provision of two additional lines from Bengaluru Cantonment to Whitefield, at a cost … READ FULL STORY
The Railways has sent a letter to the West Bengal government, stating that from now on, the state has to take responsibilities of all ongoing and upcoming projects of the suburban system, as well … READ FULL STORY
The union cabinet, on November 30, 2016, approved the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase-III. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 8,679 crores, with a completion cost of Rs 10,947 crores. The … READ FULL STORY