Railways

Over 85 per cent of the land required for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Western Corridor) has been acquired. Recently, CIDCO received Rs 6.08 billion from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) to […]

A 21 km long tunnel under the sea has been proposed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) corridor project. As per the detailed project report submitted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), most […]

Work on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)-Panvel elevated train-cum-road corridor and the Churchgate-Virar elevated train-cum-road corridor is expected to commence by August 15, 2016. The CST-Panvel elevated corridor will be a road and rail corridor […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has reportedly set a project award target of 10,000 km for 2016-17. The MoRTH has reportedly already awarded projects worth Rs 1.8 trillion and is likely to […]

The Railway Board has approved an action plan for the redevelopment of the Danapur railway station in Bihar. Under the plan, a second exit point at the station will be built at the southern end […]

France-based national railway operator Société Nationale des chemins de fer Français (SNCF) is conducting a feasibility study for the redevelopment of the Ambala and Ludhiana railway stations, and a team of SNCF officials has surveyed […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of the Ranchi (Hatia)-Bondamunda Line Doubling Project in Jharkhand and the Kiul-Gaya Line Doubling Project in Bihar. The Ranchi (Hatia)-Bondamunda Line Doubling Project involves doubling […]

The Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar High Speed Rail [HSR] Corridor Project is likely to cost Rs 1,000 billion according to the feasibility report submitted by the Systra MVA Consulting (India) Private Limited and Rites Limited joint venture. This […]

The Indore-Mhow section of the Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola Gauge Conversion Project is expected to be operational soon. A clearance certificate has been received from the Commissioner of Rail Safety to allow commencement of operations on the stretch. […]

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement with the Government of India (GoI) to provide an official development assistance (ODA) loan of Rs 61.7 billion (JPY 103,664 million) as the third tranche for […]

Sojitz Corporation-led consortium comprising Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Gayatri Projects Limited secured the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Iqbalgarh-Vadodara stretch of the Western DFC project. It is estimated to cost Rs 4.74 […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved seven railway projects comprising six railway lines and one rail overbridge (RoB) at an estimated cost of Rs 107.94 billion, on February 17, 2016. These lines are expected […]

The central government has set up National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRC) for the development and operation of the 534 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) project. This is a JV between the MoR […]

The Maharashtra Forest Department has dereserved 58.15 hectares of forest land for the Western DFC project by issuing a final order on February 29, 2016. Of the total land dereserved, 10.86 hectares belongs to the […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has proposed the development of four additional dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) in order to increase its share in freight movement. The four additional freight corridors are the 2,330 km East-West […]

RITES Limited has shortlisted three companies for the processing of satellite imagery along the proposed alignment of the Hubli-Ankola-Madgoan section of the DFC (southern corridor) project. These are TriCAD Design Consultants Private Limited, Matrix Geo […]

The Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road overbridge project commenced commercial operations with an empty goods train on January 16, 2016. The Commissioner of Rail Safety granted safety clearance for the project on January 15, 2016. The safety inspection […]

The consortium of L&T Construction and the Sojitz Group has won a contract worth Rs 12.13 billion for the Vadodara-JNPT section (422 km) of the DFC (western corridor) Project on January 22, 2016. The contract […]

The MoR and SNCF (French railway company) signed an agreement on January 25, 2016 for jointly undertaking an implementation study for the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed rail corridor project. A team comprising 30 experts from France […]

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is expected to invite bids for the procurement of plant and equipment for maintenance of railway track and electric overhead equipment (OHE) for the dedicated freight corridor […]