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ECONOMIC SURVEY
Survey stress on public transport in urban areas
WITH one-third of India living in cities, the Economic Survey has called for greater emphasis on urban infrastructure, especially public transport. According to the Survey, an efficient public transport system not only improves the energy ...
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AIRLINES
Low-cost Air Arabia keen to fly to India
THE Sharjah-based low-cost airline, Air Arabia, is keen to start operating flights to India, its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adel Ali, said on Monday. "We have already filed a request to fly to India. We are open to discuss on which sectors we ...
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Pvt airlines capture 60% of market share: Survey
FOR the second successive year, private airlines have managed to capture the lion's share of the domestic aviation market. The Economic Survey for 2003-04, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, states that the airlines now account for 60.1 per ...
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More SriLankan flights between Colombo-Tiruchi
SRILANKAN Airlines intends to raise service frequency in the Colombo-Tiruchi-Colombo sector. According to Mr Pratap Balakrishnan, Sales Manager of the airlines, Tiruchi, the decision has been taken in view of the increasing demand for the ...
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SHIPPING
Kerala Govt to float co for development of Vizhinjam port
The Government has held discussions with seven Indian companies and four foreign firms. The plan is to reclaim about150 acres from the sea for the implementation of the project.
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`Indian ports must benchmark against the best in the world'
DESPITE impressive technical parameters, Indian ports need to continually bench-mark themselves against the best ports worldwide and engage in policy efforts to attain prices per container of port services which are the lowest in the world, the ...
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Safmarine mulls covering India, Bangladesh ports
SAFMARINE, a multi-trade shipping line and a member of the India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/UK/Continent Conference, proposes to offer broad coverage of ports on both the east and west coasts of India and also Bangladesh, according to informed sources. ...
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FACT discontinues barge services of Mumbai co
THE public sector FACT has discontinued transportation of liquid ammonia through barges by a Mumbai-based company owing to high costs involved in it. Though FACT has not given any official letter to Ardeshir B. Curtsetji and Sons (ABC & Sons) ...
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RAILWAY BUDGET
SCR share in Rly Budget is worth Rs 300 cr
While nine new railway line projects were alotted Rs 62.01 crore, gauge conversion works on six routes got Rs 102.90 crore and doubling works on six routes were earmarked Rs 135.06 crore.
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Rly Budget good but Kerala not happy, says CM
THE Chief Minister, Mr A. K. Antony, was cautious in his welcome of the Railway Budget which, while being "good in general," according to him, did not go so far as to meet the State's expectations. Speaking in the Assembly in reply to a ...
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`Important rail projects ignored'
MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association, while welcoming many of the proposals announced in the Railway Budget, has expressed its disappointment on non-inclusion of certain essential projects. In a release to the press ...
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RAILWAYS
Railways taps NID expertise for image makeover
THOSE who thought that the modernisation of Indian Railways (IR) would stop kulhads (earthen pots for drinking tea), khadi upholstery and co-operative linkages may be mistaken. The railway brass is working in tandem with the National Institute ...
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Southern Rlys seeks cooperation
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Southern Railways has sought the cooperation of the public for taking up construction of the proposed satellite terminal at Kochuveli as part of decongesting Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station. The satellite ...
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ROADWAYS
Nationwide acceptance of the principle of tolling, says Survey
USER charges in the form of tolls collected from the users of high-quality, access-controlled four/six-lane highways developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) are here to stay, says the Economic Survey for 2003-04. In terms ...
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