India To Account For 40 % Of Global Rail Travel By 2050: Report
“Rail activity in India is set to grow more than any other country, with passenger movements in India reaching 40 per cent of global activity
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India to Have World’s Only Completely-Electrified Large Railway Network
He said that over 4,000 km of railway tracks were electrified last year, which would increase to 6,000 km this year.
Hindon Airport In Ghaziabad To Start Operations By February End
According to a senior official of the ministry of civil aviation, the necessary infrastructure work has almost been completed for Hindon. The necessary clearances have been issued from all concerned authorities including the ministry of defence.
India Exporting Power to Neighbouring Countries: Minister
“The central government has made tremendous progress in production of energy in the last five years. Presently, extra one lakh MW power is being produced. It is more than our requirement, hence we are also exporting energy to our neighbouring countries,” he said.
Another ‘Make In India’ Milestone: South Korean Auto Giant KIA Begins Trial Production In Andhra’s Anantapur Facility
A new KIA Soul Electric Vehicle has been handed over to the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the company expects to enter into a Future Mobility Partnership with the state government.
Nirmala Sitharaman To Inaugurate 331-Metre-Long Bein Bridge In J&K’s Samba District
The bridge is considered to be most strategic for the movement of armed forces and the BSF along the Indo-Pak border, commanding officer Col Aditya Shahi told PTI.
Smart’ Perimeters At Airbases to Help Navy Thwart Terror Attacks
Sources say the Navy inked a Rs 700 crore contract for the naval airfield integrated security system with defence PSU Bharat Electronics last week.
MCF Floats INR 150 Cr Tender To Produce First ‘Make In India’ Metro Coach by 2021
The tender for transfer of technology for design, development, manufacturing, testing and maintenance of aluminium body passenger coaches for metro trains was floated by MCF, Rae Bareilly, last week, the sources told PTI.
Attention, We Are About To Land On The Brahmaputra – UDAN
The dream of landing on the Brahmaputra here and at Umrangsu in Dima Hasao district of Assam in a seaplane has finally been made possible with the Centre selecting these two destinations in the Northeast.
The selections were made under the third round of Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme which was announced on Friday.
UDAN is under the regional connectivity scheme that aims at regional airport development with the objective of “let the common citizens of the country fly” by making air travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive national economic development.
The water aerodrome in Guwahati will be at Guwahati riverfront and at Umrangso reservoir in Umrangso.
A seaplane is a fixed-winged aeroplane designed to take off and land on water and includes amphibious aircraft operating as seaplanes.
According to the civil aviation ministry, the directorate-general of civil aviation (DGCA) has allowed flight operations through seaplanes from water aerodromes. An area of open water that can be used by seaplanes or amphibious planes for landing and take-off is called a water aerodrome. They might have connected terminal building on land where the pilot can choose to dock like a ship.
The DGCA says with the growth of the aviation industry, the country is expected to witness an increase in area of aircraft operations, including seaplanes, particularly due to regional connectivity scheme (RCS). This will also require operation of seaplanes from coastal/river/canal as well as terrestrial waterbodies.
In addition to aviation legislation, a seaplane in contact with water is subject to maritime regulations, including international regulations for the prevention of collision at sea and local bylaws.
SpiceJet Ltd has been selected as the operator for both the destinations.
According to aviation regulations, an aerodrome cannot be used for scheduled air transport services, among others, unless there is a licence.
According to the DGCA, an entity seeking to set up a water aerodrome has to take approvals from various authorities, including the ministries of defence, home, environment and forests and shipping.
According to the ministry of civil aviation, seaplanes’ operations with the following types shall be allowed under the scheme from select water aerodromes: category 1A — seaplanes with capacity of nine seats and category 1 — seaplane with capacity of nine to 20 seats.
The civil aviation ministry has included Calcutta-Shillong-Calcutta and Guwahati-Lilabari-Guwahati, Guwahati-Tezpur-Guwahati and Guwahati-Pasighat-Guwahati routes in the third round of UDAN scheme. These routes shall be made operational from April 1.
It said requests from state governments, including those in the northeastern region, would be considered to cover specific pre-determined routes under the special round of UDAN scheme which will help in connecting remote areas which have not been connected yet
Acoustic Tank Test Facility To Up Navy’s Defence Capabilities
The facility will be used for testing the acoustic systems of underwater weapons like Torpedos, Mines, Sonobuoys, Decoys, which are exclusively manufactured in the Vishakapatnam unit of BDL.