National Rail Plan aims to increase share of freight traffic
The National Rail Plan envisages that the share of freight traffic by rail should go up from current share of 27% to 45% by 2030.
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The National Rail Plan envisages that the share of freight traffic by rail should go up from current share of 27% to 45% by 2030.
This is being done to intensify a crackdown on ‘indent mafia’ that corners availability of wagons in advance and profiteers from the scarcity, government said.
The assured depth dredging work of river Barak (NW-16) from Badarpur to Bhanga (10.5 km) has been awarded to Dredging Corporation of India. The scheduled
The first coal-loaded freight rake was flagged off from Pakur siding on Monday for Ropar Thermal Power Plant in Punjab. With this, the first Gati
The Bhutan government too, on its part, has taken initiatives to assist the NFR with the project that would provide the first railhead to the
The coal stocks are from mines in Meghalaya and will be transported to several buyers in Bangladesh on a ‘free-on-board’ basis via barges operated by
To promote Inland Water Transport (IWT) in the country, 111 waterways (including 5 existing and 106 new) spread over 24 states have been declared as
The government is likely to invite preliminary bids for privatising Container Corporation of India (Concor) in January, an official said. Besides, the approval from the
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) flagged off the first freight train from its Paradip terminal built under the under the Centre’s Gati Shakti initiative. The
The National Rail Plan envisages that the share of freight
This is being done to intensify a crackdown on ‘indent
The assured depth dredging work of river Barak (NW-16) from
The first coal-loaded freight rake was flagged off from Pakur
The Bhutan government too, on its part, has taken initiatives
The coal stocks are from mines in Meghalaya and will
To promote Inland Water Transport (IWT) in the country, 111
The government is likely to invite preliminary bids for privatising
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) flagged off the first freight
