Railway budget focuses on capacity creation
With no increase in fare, the rail budget calls for generating Rs 1.84 lakh crores with an operating ratio of 92 per cent
Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety
With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents
Manipur landslide: Weak soil, incessant rain, anthropogenic pressure to blame, say experts
Seventy-nine people have been confirmed as victims while 47 bodies have been recovered from the accident site at Marangching village in …
Pilgrims' distress
Better infrastructure planning and upgrade needed for mega events like Kumbh to avert stampedes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 2, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Budget 2020-21: Climate Change must be mainstreamed
But there is much potential for big-ticket schemes focusing on low-tech solutions suited to India
Kerala’s high-speed rail project may turn into environmental disaster, flag experts
The high-speed railway line will reduce travel time between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod district to four hours; but experts have …
CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters
The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India
Human flux affects stray dog behaviour in India: IISER study
Kind treatment of dogs is reciprocated; they must also be allowed to scavenge for their meal and sterilised, the researchers said
Radio collars for elephants in forests along rail tracks
Environment ministry wants to tag jumbos to track their movements and avert rail accidents
Govt must rethink railway projects in Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada is home to not just a diverse number of flora and fauna, but also ancient cultures
Mumbai’s urban railway farms
Vegetable fields along railway tracks keep encroachers at bay; provides city residents with farm-fresh produce
Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways
With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”
Getting Amazon to pay its taxes could be Jeff Bezos’ biggest climate action
Climate justice demands democratic oversight over efforts to overcome mankind’s biggest challenge
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2020)
Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts
The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …
Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general
Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal
Highlights of the Railway Budget 2012-13
Presenting his maiden Railway Budget in the Parliament, Dinesh Trivedi, stressed that the budget was aimed at the common man. He not only …
Centre’s go ahead for 95 metre tall Shivaji statue in Arabian Sea
Mumbai’s coastal road project to be fast-tracked; lifting of mining moratorium on Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg under consideration
Stop forceful land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project, say farmers of Raigad
They want state to follow the proposed land acquisition Bill likely to be passed soon by Parliament
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2020)
Indian Railways needs to look beyond its world-leading net zero target
A national coal phase out can substantially augment its mitigation potential
Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar
Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears
Mombasa Port: How Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts
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