Rajkot, June 2 (IANS) Bhaktinagar railway station in Rajkot is nearing the completion of a major redevelopment project under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, with Western Railway officials saying the upgraded facility is designed to meet passenger demand and operational requirements for the next four to five decades. The redevelopment, undertaken at a cost of more than Rs 26.80 crore, is part of a wider programme that has placed 17 stations in the Rajkot Division under various stages of modernis…
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Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Western Railway (WR) administration on Saturday successfully completed a major anti-encroachment drive near the Bandra railway station, completely flattening all illegal structures and shanties in the Garib Nagar area of Mumbai’s Bandra East. Following the five-day intensive operation, debris clearance work commenced on Saturday.According to the Railway officials, while unauthorised structures were completely razed, the ground floors of around 100 authorised houses in t…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed all departments to effectively discharge their responsibilities with a strong focus on disaster mitigation. He also instructed officials to initiate the development of an AI-based integrated Command and Control System to strengthen disaster management and emergency response across Maharashtra. He was speaking at the review meeting regarding the ‘Pre-Monsoon Preparedness and Disaster Management’.“Every monsoon…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) The large-scale encroachment drive undertaken by Western Railway in Bandra’s Garib Nagar slum area to clear the government land from illegal occupation is continuing in full steam even as the city police intensifies their drive to identify, track and nab the violent protesters who pelted stones to derail the process.Western Railway, sharing an update about the demolition drive on its X handle, informed that the operation to reclaim the illegally occupied land for future r…
Ahmedabad, April 27 (IANS) Construction of a 36-metre-high bridge over the Sabarmati River is progressing steadily as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (Bullet Train) project, with several key structural milestones already achieved, officials said.The bridge, approximately 480 metres in length and comparable in height to a 12-storey building, is being built alongside the Western Railway’s Ahmedabad-Delhi main line.It is situated between the proposed Sabarmati and Ahmedabad high-spee…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The government has sanctioned a Rs 398.36 crore project to lay optical fibre cable across 1,929 route kilometres in the Ahmedabad and Ratlam divisions of Western Railway, strengthening the communication backbone needed for the rollout of its automatic train protection system Kavach, the Ministry of Railways said on Saturday.According to the government, the project involves laying 2×48 fibre optical fibre cable across 1,456 route kilometres in Ahmedabad division and 473 …
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The government on Friday approved the construction of a road over bridge (ROB) at Deendayal Port in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 132.51 crore.In a significant step towards strengthening port-led development in the country, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, approved the project.“This project reflects our commitment to modern, efficient and seamless port-led connectivity under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Th…
Surat, March 25 (IANS) The railway station in Gujarat’s Surat is undergoing redevelopment into a multi-modal transport hub (MMTH) with a long-term capacity plan, with around 50 per cent of the first phase of the Rs 1,500 crore project completed and its completion targeted for December 2027.The redevelopment, planned in two phases, aims to integrate rail, bus and metro services at a single location to provide a smooth travel experience.The first phase, with an outlay of about Rs 980 crore, is c…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Indian Railways on Tuesday sanctioned two major infrastructure projects in Gujarat and Bihar at a total cost of Rs 647.58 crore to enhance connectivity, ease congestion and improve operational efficiency across critical routes.According to the Railway Ministry, the projects include the construction of a Rail Over Rail (RoR) flyover at Kosamba in Gujarat and a new rail bypass at Bhagalpur in Bihar.In Gujarat, the government has approved a Rs 344.38 crore project to buil…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) To strengthen Indian Railways’ infrastructure and technology, the government on Tuesday said it has approved several upgradation works worth Rs 765 crore to improve operations, expand line capacity and modernise communication systems across critical sections of the network.According to the Railways Ministry, the approved projects include upgradation of electric traction systems on two high-density freight and passenger corridors and expansion of the optical fibre commu…