With announcement of new notification, Census to be delayed till at least October 2024 The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024, a senior government official told The Hindu. This means that the decennial Census exercise, initially scheduled to be … Read more
The Konkan Vikas Samithi, representing people of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg regions, has urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to merge Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, with the Indian Railways for its inability to augment infrastructure due to funds constraint. Filephoto | Photo Credit: THE HINDU Just as people in Coastal Karnataka are demanding merger of Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., … Read more
Passenger timetable revision is done annually in October in consultation with other railway zones. | Photo Credit: file photo The timings of 314 trains of the 568 trains running in the South Western Railway have been revised. Addressing the media, Kusuma Hariprasad, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Admin), Bengaluru Division, on Tuesday (Oct. 3) highlighted the … Read more
Cost overruns of central government projects worth Rs 150 crore and above declined for a fourth consecutive month to 19.1% in August compared with 19.5% in the previous month. Of the 1,762 projects listed the anticipated cost at Rs 29.8 lakh crore exceeded the original cost by Rs 4.8 lakh crore, the report released Tuesday … Read more
The Indian Railways will implement the provision of 750V power supply for maintenance of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) rakes at washing/sick lines, South Western Railway officials said in Hubballi on Sunday. In November 2016, the Railway Board took a policy decision to switch over 100% of its production to LHB coaches from April 2018. An … Read more
Derailed coaches of the Coromandal express on the accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Last month’s deadly multi-train collision at Balasore — which was caused by tampering of signalling equipment, and left at least 295 people dead, with over a thousand injured — may have shocked the Railways … Read more
The cost overruns faced by large central infrastructure projects declined further in May to 19.86 per cent from 20.34 per cent in April, data released by the ministry showed. The anticipated costs of 1,681 projects were Rs 4.8 lakh crore, higher than the original cost of Rs 24.2 lakh crore. Nearly half of the infrastructure … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Manipur relief camps | From one eruption to another, day and night spread equal dread The yu, a popular rice wine, has not been brewing at Sekmai, dry Manipur’s favourite watering hole north of the State’s capital Imphal on National Highway 2. What’s been … Read more
A bull calf knocked down an 82-year-old man after it was hit by a semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express train. Representational image | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu In a strange accident, a bull calf hit by a semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express train was thrown into the air and knocked down an 82-year-old man, killing … Read more
Railways’ passenger revenues registered an all-time high growth of 61% to reach ₹63,300 crore. Image for representation purpose only. File Indian Railways has registered record revenue of ₹2.40 lakh crore for the financial year 2022-23, the Ministry of Railways declared while announcing the annual performance numbers. For 2022-23, gross revenue stood at ₹2.39 lakh crore compared … Read more