KOCHI: In a move aimed at giving impetus to the Sabari rail project, the State Government has decided to go on fast track mode to acquire land for its speedy implementation, district collector M Beena said.

Shimla: Work on the Rs 350.33-crore first phase of the 66-km Bhanupali-Bilaspur rail project will commence soon. As per a communication received by the state government, 20-km stretch of the rail track will be laid in the first phase.

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As reported by this newspaper, the Prime Minister

Pakistan Railway (PR), an important mode of transportation in the farthest corners of the country, has fallen victim to the ill planning and apathy of the concerned circles. Bad infrastructure, dilapidated carriages, lack of facilities at railway stations and increasing fares have forced the passengers to switch over to other means of journey.

JUST how neglected the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been since the country's independence is driven home by some eye-opening statistics cited at a roundtable recently. Not only has it lost over 40 percent of its land resource to illegal occupation, the size of its inventory with which it had originally begun in 1971 has also shrunk terribly over time.

Over 40 percent of the land belonging to Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been encroached over the years, proper use of which could make the railway a very profitable sector, speakers told a roundtable yesterday.

The railway sector has the potential to be developed as the cheapest and most convenient mass transport system of the country, they said.

President Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared with the rest of the world

The government is going to build a new rail track from Laksam to Chinki Astana on Dhaka-Chittagong route, said a PID handout.

The new rail track, a part of the second rail track on Dhaka-Chittagong route, would be 61 kilometres long.

Financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the project is scheduled to be finished within four years.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation is planning to operate the