Rail Transport

Railways to harness 1000MW solar power by 2020

The Indian Railways proposes to harness 1000 megawatt (MW) solar and 150MW wind energy by 2020, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

28/04/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Solar Energy, Rail Transport, Renewable Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Energy

Environment

Action Taken on Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Environment Management in Indian Railways - Stations, Trains and Tracks: Public Accounts Committee (2015-16

Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Thirty Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on “Environment Management in Indian Railways – Stations, Trains and Tracks” relating to Ministry of Railways (Rai

Publication Date:

26/04/2016

Source: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Environment Management, Rail Transport, India, Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Water Pollution, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Renewable Energy, Waste Management, Garbage, Wildlife, Parliament

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining activity on the Manakpur Fezabad Rail Route. Uttar Pradesh, 25/04/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kirti Vardhan Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh regarding illegal mining activity on the Manakpur Fezabad Rail Route. Uttar Pradesh, 25/04/2016. NGT notes that "Issue in the present case is of grave concern particularly to the commuting of the railway along the location where it is alleged that the mining is going on."

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Judgement Date:

25/04/2016

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Rail Transport, Mining, Uttar Pradesh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)

Wildlife

Tracking elephants as new railway cuts Kenya

Dangling from a helicopter with a high powered rifle, a Kenyan vet fires drugged darts at elephants to sedate them so they can be fitted with satellite collars.

Publication Date:

18/04/2016

Source: Daily Mail (United Kingdom)

Tags:

Wildlife, Poaching, Elephant, Kenya, Rail Transport, Development, Africa

Transport

Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions of transport activities in Chinese cities

Rapidly growing transport activities in urban areas are a big challenge for mitigating climate change. This paper provides a detailed approach for setting-up an emissions monitoring system for urban passenger transport in Chinese cities.

Publication Date:

11/04/2016

Author(s): Daniel Bongardt, Urda Eichhorst, Frank Dünnebeil, Carsten Reinhard

Source: GIZ

Tags:

Urban Transport, Green House Gases, Emissions Inventory, China, Road Transport, Rail Transport

Sanitation

Railways sign agreement for upkeep of bio-toilets

Nashik: Alarmed by the rate of failure of bio-toilets fitted in 53 coaches of trains maintained by Bhusawal division, largely because of the people not following instructions, has forced Railways t

Publication Date:

07/04/2016

Author(s): Abhilash Botekar

Source: Times Of India (Nashik)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Sanitation, Rail Transport, Toilets

Water Resources

Rlys to transport water from Miraj to drought-hit Latur

Kolhapur: State revenue minister Eknath Khadse on Tuesday said the railways will transport water to the drought-affected Latur from Miraj in the next 8-10 days.

Publication Date:

06/04/2016

Author(s): Samrat Phadnis

Source: Times of India (Kolhapur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Kolhapur (D), Water Supply, Rail Transport, Droughts, Sangli (D), Latur (D), Drinking Water Scarcity

Water Resources

NGT notice to Railways over groundwater use

Massive extraction of groundwater by the Railways to clean train coaches and platforms has caught the attention of the National Green Tribunal, which on Thursday asked the national transporter to r

Publication Date:

01/04/2016

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Groundwater, Rail Transport, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Environment Act 1986, Water Resources

Habitat And Urbanisation

Decide slum rehabilitation expeditiously: NGT to Delhi govt

The National Green Tribunal today directed Delhi government and other concerned authorities to expeditiously decide on rehabilitation of slum clusters near railway tracks.

Publication Date:

31/03/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Slums, Rehabilitation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Rail Transport, Pollution

Energy