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After brief technical success of bandra skywalk, MMRDA will be constructing 1.4 km skywalk connecting east and west sides of kalyan. This project is put forward to MMRDA by kalyan dombivali municipal council to reduce the congestion at kalyan railway station. Lets hope this 84 crore skywalk gets utilized unlike deserted bandra skywalk. read more »
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The city's monorail dream came a step closer to reality when a consortium, led by Larsen & Toubro, along with Scomi Engineering Bhd, Malaysia, bagged a Rs 24.6-billion (Rs 2,460-crore) order from the MMRDA to implement the project.

The letter of intent was recently awarded to Larsen & Toubro a leading engineering and construction company-and Scomi Engineering, one of the world's top three m read more »
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The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is set to provide commuters with a “jerk-free” ride on the city’s suburban trains — in 2010.

MRVC signed an agreement with Germany’s Siemens Transportation Systems on Wednesday for procuring high-speed, bolster-less bogies, which will help suburban commuters travel without vertical shock.

A senior Indian Railway Traffic Service official said, “Sin read more »
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MUMBAI: In a new twist to the death of a Bihar boy, Railway police on Saturday released footage of Closed Circuit TV to claim that it was a case of
accidental death and not due to attacks by MNS activists during agitation against north-Indians last week.
"Based on the footage received by CCTV, Pawan Kumar died in a railway accident at Andheri station in the morning," GRP Commissioner A K Sh read more »
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The Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS) has demanded a judicial inquiry to ‘expose’ the alleged prejudice of north Indian politicians and bureaucrats against Marathis in railway jobs. It has also sought restructuring of the recruitment process to restore the ‘regional balance’ in lower grades. read more »
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After days of pressure on the state government to rein in Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief was arrested at Ratnagiri at 3 am today for Sunday's brutal attack on North Indian rail exam candidates by MNS workers. read more »
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The Maharashtra government is under political pressure to act against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. Police already have a non-bailable arrest warrant against Raj, but are yet to take any action against him. The MNS chief, too, dared the Maharashtra government to arrest him after his party activists on Sunday attacked young North Indians students appearing for a railway recruitmen read more »
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Condemning the attack on railway board examination centres in suburban Mumbai by MNS activists, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday demanded a ban on the outfit, saying its chief Raj Thackeray was a "mental case". read more »
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As landfill sites move to far suburbs, experts study feasibility of using and extending existing railway network to transport 11,000 tonnes of garbage produced daily in the region read more »
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If things go as planned, by 2010-11 the Neral-Matheran section will be crowned the world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Indian Railways is busy finalising the documentation to get the 100-year-old Matheran Light Railway (MLR) in the elite world heritage site list constituted by Unesco. This will help getting the quaint toy train read more »
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CM Vilasrao Deshmukh has invited Switzerland-based Jungfrau Railways to operate its services in Maharashtra.

Deshmukh, who is on a European tour, invited Jungfrau Railways CEO Urs Kessler during a meeting.

“You can operate trains at hill stations like Mahabaleshwar and Matheran,” Deshmukh told Kessler. read more »
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Western Railway (WR) season ticket sales in some of Mumbai's extended suburbs have shot through the roof, indicating the dizzying pace at which population is growing beyond the BMC limits.

A comparison of statistics for the April-July periods in 2007 and 2008 has revealed that four of the seven stations between Borivli and Virar in the western suburbs - Naigaon, Mira Road, Dahisar and Nalasop read more »
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The Government of India has started an online Grievance forum at http://pgportal.gov.in/

The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc.

It's up to the citizens of India to use this simple to use forum to make their grieveances known.

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The pot of gold which Indian Railways was sitting on for decades can at last be opened.

The state government on Wednesday paved the way for development of a 11-acre plot adjoining the Bandra (east) suburban station by granting a floor space index (FSI) of 4, which means that the built-up portion can go up to 44 acres of space.

The ultimate beneficiary will be Mumbaikars, as the Rs4,000-cror read more »
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Bandra terminus, Andheri and Borivili stations will in six months boast of state-of-the-art facilities that can easily replace a hotel for the long-distance day traveller. These stations will have one-storey structures which will have deluxe toilets, plush bathroom, a lounge, and locker facility. read more »
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