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CR fifth rail corridor on fast track, will be complete in a year
Mumbai's new Panvel-Karjat rail corridor, 67% complete, will enhance connectivity and support regional growth by 2025, cutting travel time significantly.
Updated on Dec 01, 2024 05:40 AM IST
Rlys seek 13 ha salt pan land for laying 2 more lines
The move comes just days after the Bombay high court approved the removal of 2,612 mangroves for the same corridor
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 08:00 AM IST
HC allows felling of 2,652 mangroves for two new lines on western railway
The Bombay High Court allowed Western Railway to fell 2,612 mangroves for new railway lines, ensuring compensatory planting of 7,823 mangroves.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 07:40 AM IST
Centre clears diversion of mangroves for Borivali - Virar railway expansion
The Union environment ministry's regional empowered committee has approved the diversion of 12.78 hectares of mangrove forests for the expansion of railway services in Mumbai. The proposal, which includes the felling of over 2,000 mangroves, has been awaiting clearance for over a year. The project aims to add a fifth and sixth railway line to the Western Railway to ease congestion. The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation has been instructed to construct animal underpasses to protect wildlife in the area. The project is still awaiting necessary clearances from the Bombay High Court and the state coastal zone management authority.
Updated on Aug 31, 2023 12:54 AM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai
Mumbai to get 238 state-of-the-art Vande Bharat local trains
S C Gupta, chairman and MD of MRVC said the prototype rake would be launched after two years, and thereafter, the rakes would be rolled out for a period of five years. At present, there are 275 rakes in the suburban train network of Mumbai, which includes 14 AC rakes
Updated on Jun 22, 2023 01:06 AM IST