RRI system at Patna junction to be ready in 3 months

Tuesday , April 05 2011 Inbox Edition

• RRI system at Patna junction to be ready in 3 months
  PATNA: Work on the route relay interlocking (RRI) system at Patna Junction has been going on in full swing. To be completed at an estimated cost of about Rs 20 crore in two to three months, the work is being personally monitored by East Central Railway (ECR) GM K K Srivastava. Divisional railway manager (DRM), [...] View More
• New VAT rates comes to effect in Bihar
  PATNA: The hike in value added tax (VAT) announced in the state’s 2011-12 budget has become effective from April 1. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, who heads the finance and commercial taxes departments, said that the notification in this regard had already been issued by the commercial taxes department. Prior to this, the legislature had [...] View More
• Bihar's roadmap to be the next IT hub
  Patna: The Bihar government has decided to constitute a Bihar Information Technology Authority (BITA) to develop and expand the IT sector in the state to attract investment. The state government had said last week it would soon announce an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policy, 2011. An IT department official here said Monday that BITA will be [...] View More
• Bihar locomotive projects to be kickstarted next month
  New Delhi: Railways has decided to call financial bids for key public-private partnership (PPP) projects to manufacture locomotives next month, the latest effort to facilitate setting up of factories. The national transporter will call financial bids for diesel locomotive at Marhaura in Bihar on May 10, while the bids for the electric locomotive unit at [...] View More
• Power Crisis in Bihar after Farakka shutdown
  PATNA: A major part of Bihar plunged into darkness on Monday following the shutdown of unit-5 of NTPC’s power generating plant at Farakka for annual maintenance. The unit-2 of NTPC’s Talcher power plant is already non-operational. The power situation is the state is not likely to improve during the coming months as Bihar has not made [...] View More