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58 Supercritical Projects of a total length of 3,750 km costing ₹39,663 Crore and 68 Critical Projects of a total length of 6913 km costing ₹75,736 crore have been identified for completion by 2024.

Railways ministry seeks support of cabinet body for building freight corridor

The story of Indian Railways in 2021 was one of recovery and putting its house in order after a forced hiatus from the tracks for the first time in its history due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Railways has been completely dependent on its freight revenues for sustenance over the last two years, with the passenger segment running in loss in 2020 and gaining momentum only

Dedicated mineral corridors shall be planned to facilitate the transport of minerals from mining areas in the hinterland along with encouraging the local evacua

The Yamuna Expressway, which is in Uttar Pradesh, is likely to be renamed after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, reported India Today.

Team DFC Targets Completion Of Valsad ROB In 20 Days With Innovative Approach, Despite Big Constraints by Arun Kumar Das - Jun 6, 2021 04:40 AM Team DFC at work on the Valsad ROB in Gujarat. Snapshot The ROB work could not be started due to various limitations, as track laying activities using state-of-the-art New Track Construction machines would have been affected. The biggest challenge in doing this work was the road traffic block, as this ROB is one of the busiest passages into the city of ...

Lockdown Pinches: Despite Limited Labour Availability, Railways Expedites Work On Dedicated Freight Corridors by Arun Kumar Das - May 24, 2021 04:33 AM The NTC machine. Snapshot Currently, there are 15,291 people working in the biological bubble to carry out the rail laying and other related work to make both the Eastern and Western Corridors fully operational for exclusive freight train operations in the country. Defying heavy odds, work on the Dedicated Freight Corridor is going on with limi...

Indian Railways receives 100th electric locomotive from Alstom 03 May 2021 (Last Updated May 3rd, 2021 14:53) French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has manufactured and supplied the 100th fully electric high-powered double-section locomotive to Indian Railways. Share Article In May last year, the first Prima T8TM WAG-12B locomotive commenced commercial services. Credit: Alstom. French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has manufactured and sup...

PM Modi: West Bengal has made up its mind for poriborton PM Modi: West Bengal has made up its mind for poriborton Written byJayatri NagJayatri Nag / Updated: Feb 22, 2021, 21:20 IST Kolkata: Hooghly that West Bengal is gearing up for ‘’Asol Parivartan” and it is evident from the enthusiasm and energy of the crowd in the state Talking about ‘ Asol Parivartan’ (the real change), Modi said, “Through this change, it will help us build ‘Sonar Bangla’ and bring back the past glory an...

Despite Covid-19 Induced Delays, Capex Utilisation For Dedicated Freight Corridor Project Up By 21 Per Cent by Arun Kumar Das - Feb 16, 2021 04:51 AM Western Dedicated Freight Corridor that will connect Rewari, Haryana to Jawahar Lal Nehru port in Mumbai (representative image) (Source: @dfccil_india/Twitter) Snapshot According to the Railways, higher capital utilisation was possible due to the relentless monitoring of the project, which led to the resolution of issues which otherwise used to de...