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The Minister of Railways Mukul Roy has emphasised on safety as the top priority for Railways. Speaking at a conference of General Managers for different railway zones, he said that a safety audit of the rolling stock, including production units and workshops would be conducted, and the audit committee would submit its report within three months. Accidents at unmanned level ...

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has proposed a plan to redevelop six bus terminuses – Aurangabad, Karad, Nashik, Panvel, Akola and Ratnagiri – in Maharashtra. The redeveloped bus terminuses will have passenger waiting lounges, toilets and parking spaces for auto rickshaws & private vehicles on the ground floor and commercial establishments on the upper floors. The corporation will ...

IRB has emerged as the preferred bidder for a project to convert a 102.3km stretch of the Ahmedabad-Vadodara section of NH-8 from the existing two lanes into a six-lane highway. It has also become the preferred bidder for improvement of a 93.3km stretch of the existing Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway. Both the projects are being offered by the NHAI (National Highways Authority ...

Conservative MPs in the UK have protested against planned rail fare hikes, due next January. The hikes are meant to fund rail improvements such as electrification and making better train coaches and are also guided by a rise in the Retail Price Index (RPI) which indicates the rate of inflation. The RPI rose by about 3.2% in July which has ...

The Central government is planning a comprehensive upgrade to Kolkata’s century-old tram system to convert it into a light rail transit (LRT) system, on the lines of systems in Europe and the USA. Compared to the existing slow speeds, the new LRT would have speeds around 40km/hr and would have modern, air-conditioned coaches. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund ...

In its latest report on traffic congestion in Europe, a study by TomTom (in-car location and navigation products and services provider) has named the Polish capital of Warsaw the most congested city in Europe. The congestion study was carried out in 31 cities throughout Europe and compared the travel time during the non-congested period with congested peak hour periods to ...

Fiat India has launched a skill development programme to train poor children and deliver highly skilled manpower for the manufacturing industries, especially the automobile industry. The programme Diksha, in collaboration with Don Bosco Vyawasaik Prashikshan Kendra, Pune will be conducted at the FIAT & Don Bosco Experiential Skill Training Centre at Chinchwad, Pune. Two courses will be conducted under the ...

The Central Government will provide a one-time seed capital for Road Safety to each state in the country depending upon vehicle population of a State/UT during the 12th Plan. 50% of the amount collected by way of activities under Motor Vehicles (MV) Act will be credited to this non-lapsable road safety fund, to be used for such area-specific road safety ...

Sernis, the Portugese company has developed a solar powered system SRL-SM30 that detects vehicles’ speeds and informs drivers about it, the idea being that once drivers become aware they are over speeding, they will change their driving behaviour. The system has a CW (Continuous Wave) Doppler Radar that detects vehicles at speeds ranging from 16km/hr to 199km/hr. It has a ...

The Uttar Pradesh Transport Department has introduced online payment of taxes for vehicles registered in other states and entering the state for commercial trips on temporary permits. The vehicle owners in fact can pay the tax from their home states, even before making the trip by logging onto the department’s website vahan.up.nic.in/upcheckpost. This avoids unnecessary, time-consuming trips of government offices. ...