Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia

Hindustan Times  

Despite strong political, economic, and geostrategic motivations for cross-border railway connectivity, India’s progress in establishing a robust and thriving rail network with its neighbours has not progressed enough. This paper addresses a critical question in India’s connectivity efforts: Despite the political, economic, and geostrategic incentives driving New Delhi’s cross-border railway initiatives, why has India struggled to sustain momentum in this sector? To explore this, the paper conducts a comprehensive review of India’s cross-border railway connectivity over the past two decades, analysing the progress and the primary drivers behind it. To overcome these challenges and unleash the potential of cross-border rail connectivity, India should: • Strengthen institutional cooperation: Establish dedicated units for cross-border rail projects within relevant ministries, fostering regular dialogue and coordination between Indian agencies and their counterparts in neighbouring countries.

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India-Bhutan to get first-ever railway link, boosting bilateral ties
2 weeks, 5 days ago

India-Bhutan to get first-ever railway link, boosting bilateral ties

India Today  

India and Bhutan are set to establish their first-ever railway link, connecting Assam's Kokrajhar district to Bhutan's Gelephu town. The infrastructure plan includes the construction of two significant bridges, 29 major bridges, 65 minor bridges, one road over-bridge, 39 road under-bridges, and two viaducts measuring 11 meters in length. Upon completion, this railway link will not only serve as a …

Andy Mukherjee: India’s EV race with China may depend on high-speed trains
1 month ago

Andy Mukherjee: India’s EV race with China may depend on high-speed trains

Live Mint  

The road to faster adoption of electric vehicles in India will pass through the railways—not the romantic train travel that stirred the imagination of writers for over a century and continues to inspire Bollywood, but efficient high-speed journeys. Companies have little incentive to build a network like China’s 3 million charging points because most car owners in India power up …

Railways eyes a big boost for faster trains, safer tracks and a wider network
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Railways eyes a big boost for faster trains, safer tracks and a wider network

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian Railways is preparing itself for a big increase in budgetary allocations for laying new train tracks as part of efforts to modernize the network, deploy fast trains and make rail travel safer. New vision Laying the new tracks is part of a new vision 2047 document for the national transporter, under which it expects add 100,000 km …

India plans to turn some of its most remote battlefields into tourist destinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India plans to turn some of its most remote battlefields into tourist destinations

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Indian army vehicles move in …

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stop Chinese meddling in railways, critical projects
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stop Chinese meddling in railways, critical projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Over 60 years after the 1962 setback caused by the then Prime Minister’s complete misreading of the intentions of the Communist Party of China and its brutal dictator Mao Zedong, decision-makers in India do not seem to have learnt any lessons. That worldview hasn’t entirely left the Indian foreign office, despite the 1962 war, numerous clashes along the Line of …

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub
9 months ago

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY A trilateral intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was signed at a ceremony in Beijing on June 6. Currently, China-Europe freight trains connect 223 cities in 25 European countries and over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, creating a service network spanning almost the entire Eurasian continent. The rapidly growing rail traffic volume shows that developing …

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub
9 months ago

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY A trilateral intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was signed at a ceremony in Beijing on June 6. Currently, China-Europe freight trains connect 223 cities in 25 European countries and over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, creating a service network spanning almost the entire Eurasian continent. The rapidly growing rail traffic volume shows that developing …

OPINION | INDIA BUILDS ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS ON CHINA BORDER
1 year, 6 months ago

OPINION | INDIA BUILDS ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS ON CHINA BORDER

India TV News  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday dedicated to the nation 90 infrastructure projects, worth over Rs 2,900 crore, built by Border Roads Organisation and spread over 11 states and union territories. Earlier, Indian army, BSF and ITBP used to face problems in moving to border areas near China at high altitudes due to lack of roads, bridges and tunnels. BRO …

Previous governments did not focus on building infrastructure at LAC: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar
1 year, 7 months ago

Previous governments did not focus on building infrastructure at LAC: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

The Hindu  

Blaming previous Indian governments for “neglecting” the Line of Actual Control, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said he had seen first-hand the extent of Chinese infrastructure development from the 2000s on its side of the LAC when he was India’s Ambassador to China. Mr. Jaishankar presented the government’s recent initiatives in infrastructure-building along the LAC as achievements but …

Troubled tracks: Frontline newsletter
1 year, 9 months ago

Troubled tracks: Frontline newsletter

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 20, 2023 14:14 IST - 2 MINS READ The Railways, often referred to as India’s lifeline, is an unparalleled testament to ambition and connectivity. In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it is the most powerful unifying force in India, rivalling religion, politics, sports, or language. The train accident at Bahanaga Bazar station in …

India, US plans ambitious Middle East project to counter China’s growing influence
1 year, 10 months ago

India, US plans ambitious Middle East project to counter China’s growing influence

Firstpost  

India is preparing an enormous connectivity project that would connect New Delhi to the Middle East in an effort to challenge China’s influence in the Gulf. according to a report by ‘Foreign Policy’, given the significant commercial ties that the UAE and Israel share with China, the I2U2 group — a relatively new vehicle for US-India collaboration in the Middle …

India’s ties with China ‘abnormal’ due to border violation: S Jaishankar
1 year, 10 months ago

India’s ties with China ‘abnormal’ due to border violation: S Jaishankar

Live Mint  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he underlined that China falls into a somewhat different category because of the currently "abnormal" nature of ties which is an outcome of a violation of border management agreements by Beijing. As reported by PTI, Jaishankar, who arrived in Santo Domingo on his first official visit to the Dominican Republic, also said,"India …

Mongolia eyes Indian firms to expand its rail network
1 year, 10 months ago

Mongolia eyes Indian firms to expand its rail network

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Mongolia is keen to attract Indian firms to help build rail connectivity in the country, according to Mongolia’s Ambassador to India Dambajav Ganbold. Indian firms are experts in developing infrastructure like railways and highways and this will be an interesting area of cooperation for Indian companies,” Ganbold told Mint. Rail India Technical and Economic Services, a public sector …

India’s Northeast: Gateway to connectivity with eastern neighbours
1 year, 11 months ago

India’s Northeast: Gateway to connectivity with eastern neighbours

Hindustan Times  

India’s Northeast Region can serve as a pivotal connecting space between India and its neighbours to the east in South Asia, as well as to East and Southeast Asia and beyond, enhancing the country’s diplomatic, infrastructural, and commercial engagements. India’s Northeast Region, sharing international borders in the east, has massive potential to become a vibrant link to the country’s eastern …

Full steam ahead for rail marvel
3 years, 3 months ago

Full steam ahead for rail marvel

China Daily  

Lancangjiang, the bullet train for the China-Laos Railway Bridges, tunnels On the Lao side, much of the territory through which the line passes comprises mountain ranges, highland areas and plateaus, with rivers winding their way through the terrain. Like the bridges and tunnels along the line, the railway tramps over hills and dales and connects people's hearts and minds," said …

India’s quest for a road to Central Asia
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s quest for a road to Central Asia

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : In a speech at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet on 17 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dwelt on how Central Asia had been a connectivity bridge between various regional markets at different points in history. In 2018, New Delhi joined the Ashgabat agreement, that “would diversify India’s connectivity options with Central Asia," an Indian foreign ministry statement …

Concerns as India builds rail network in remote state near China
3 years, 7 months ago

Concerns as India builds rail network in remote state near China

Al Jazeera  

Environmentalists fear the project threatens thousands of lives in an ecologically fragile region prone to landslides and other natural calamities. ‘Possibility of catastrophic disaster’ But environmentalists fear the railway project could threaten thousands of lives in the ecologically fragile Darjeeling Sikkim Himalayan region that is prone to landslides, earthquakes and other natural calamities. “Natural calamities like earthquakes might not only …

Borders: From zones of security to commerce via ICPs
3 years, 8 months ago

Borders: From zones of security to commerce via ICPs

Hindustan Times  

Despite the pandemic-induced slowdown and border closures over the past year, India has pushed through with its regional connectivity strategy. These moves reflect India’s priority to increasing trade facilitation infrastructure at the borders as part of the “neighbourhood first” policy. The idea of establishing ICPs along India’s land borders was mooted after the Kargil war to improve India’s border management …

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border
4 years, 8 months ago

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India and China may have taken a step back from their stand-off in Ladakh, but New Delhi is pressing ahead with plans to upgrade infrastructure along the country’s borders. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took stock of the border infrastructure development on Tuesday, a day after the two countries announced they had made preliminary headway in reducing tensions along …

Comment | Reimagining India-China border roads
4 years, 9 months ago

Comment | Reimagining India-China border roads

The Hindu  

Two rounds of military dialogue between India and China to end the Ladakh stand-off have brought into sharp focus their apprehensions on road construction along the unsettled frontiers. Media readouts following the talks suggest that to China’s objections to Indian border road construction along the Line of Actual Control, the Indian side politely but firmly told Beijing that it should …

The India-China-US dance: Three questions New Delhi must answer in order to balance its geopolitical equations
4 years, 9 months ago

The India-China-US dance: Three questions New Delhi must answer in order to balance its geopolitical equations

Firstpost  

Donald Trump’s offer to ‘mediate’ between India and China took everyone by surprise, as did his claim to having spoken to Narendra Modi on the issue It’s truly a curious phase in India’s history that finds the country in a continuing war with a catastrophic virus; a bloody and almost daily war with Pakistan; and in a very serious and …

Connectivity in India, including northeast, important for Japan, says official
5 years, 3 months ago

Connectivity in India, including northeast, important for Japan, says official

The Hindu  

Japan prioritises connectivity-building projects in all of India, including the northeast, said a Japanese government representative here on Sunday. Atsushi Kaifu, Deputy Press Secretary of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Tokyo was ready to face emerging challenges to large projects in India and asserted that the bullet train project was not “stuck”. “Connectivity inside India, including the northeastern …

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor no longer listed under BRI umbrella
5 years, 10 months ago

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor no longer listed under BRI umbrella

The Hindu  

India’s decision to skip the Belt and Road Forum may have led to the exclusion of the Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar Economic corridor from the list of projects covered by the China-led Belt and Road Initiative umbrella. In an annex tagged with the Joint Communiqué of the Leaders' Roundtable of the BRF, which concluded in Beijing on Saturday, the Chinese …

Future of rail to depend on demand, competing modes of travel: IEA
6 years, 1 month ago

Future of rail to depend on demand, competing modes of travel: IEA

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The International Energy Agency on Wednesday said the future of railways across the world would be determined by how they responded to rising transport demand and pressure from competing modes of transport. The report ‘Future of Rail’ was released by India’s railway minister Piyush Goyal and IEA executive director Fatih Birol at an event in New Delhi. Today, …

India, Japan join hands for big infrastructure push in Northeast
7 years, 7 months ago

India, Japan join hands for big infrastructure push in Northeast

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Japan has joined hands with India to aggressively develop infrastructure projects in India’s northeastern states. Japan has also placed a special emphasis on cooperation in North East for its geographical importance connecting India to South-East Asia and historical ties,” the spokesperson said in an emailed response. Several multilateral lending agencies, including the World Bank, have been unwilling to …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

China's plans for Asia'
8 years, 1 month ago

China's plans for Asia'

Deccan Chronicle  

In the recent weeks, one question has often been raised by Indian think tanks: should India participate in the new trade routes initiated by China? An effort was made in 1954 to regulate the flow of people and goods through the “agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India”, known as the Panchsheel Agreement, however …

Safety, trains punctuality challenges for railways: President Pranab Mukherjee
8 years, 10 months ago

Safety, trains punctuality challenges for railways: President Pranab Mukherjee

India TV News  

Safety, trains punctuality challenges for railways: President Pranab Mukherjee Indian railways is faced with manifold challenges of ensuring safety, security and punctual running of trains, President Pranab Mukherjee said today. New Delhi: Indian railways is faced with manifold challenges of ensuring safety, security and punctual running of trains, President Pranab Mukherjee said today. "However, Indian railways is also faced with …

India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan agree to discuss rail project
9 years, 2 months ago

India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan agree to discuss rail project

India TV News  

Dhaka: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to begin discussions on the possibility of having a rail network connecting the four SAARC countries to improve connectivity and regional trade. The discussions were held during the two-day third Joint Working Group meetings on Sub-Regional Cooperation on Water Resources Management and Power/Hydropower and on Connectivity and Transit that ended here yesterday. …

'Agreement signed between India, China to enhance rail cooperation' | IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

'Agreement signed between India, China to enhance rail cooperation' | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Vadodara: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China an agreement to enhance cooperation in the railway sector was signed between the two countries. “Railways was one of the key sectors of Prime Minister's visit to China as it resulted in the two countries signing a major memorandum on expanding cooperation in …

How technology is helping build a modern, secure Indian Railways
10 years ago

How technology is helping build a modern, secure Indian Railways

Live Mint  

The government is promising to use technology to give the old-economy Indian Railways a much-needed digital facelift and transform it into a more modern, secure and consumer-friendly service over the next five years—all integral moves to making a Digital India. add_main_imageOn Thursday, among other things, railway minister Suresh Prabhu spoke of soon unveiling an information technology vision for the railways, …

China’s increasing strategic footprints in Nepal should be a wake up call for Modi
10 years, 6 months ago

China’s increasing strategic footprints in Nepal should be a wake up call for Modi

Firstpost  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personal interactions and holds formal delegation-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s India visit, the two Asian giant neighbours’ Himalayan rivalries in Nepal should inevitably come up for discussion. But a landmark event that happened recently would ensure that China’s rapid infrastructural forays into Nepal would remain a part of Sino-Indian …

Fifteen stations to come up on high-speed railway corridor
10 years, 6 months ago

Fifteen stations to come up on high-speed railway corridor

The Hindu  

An Indo-Japanese team has already identified 15 possible stations along the proposed 534-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed train corridor, said Katsuo Matsumoto, deputy director general of the South Asia Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. “The proposal is to link the high-speed line with the existing rail network at select stations in order to ease transfers,” Mr. Matsumoto said. “We’ve made …

Western regions to enhance links with train system
10 years, 7 months ago

Western regions to enhance links with train system

China Daily  

China's western regions will count on an enhanced railroad network to stimulate trade with neighboring countries to gain an edge over coastal provinces competing for infrastructure, labor and export deals. Singapore and Malaysia's ongoing plan to build a high-speed rail link provides hope that Southeast Asia could one day have a European-style train system connected to China's Yunnan province or …

Chinese rail lines up to India border
10 years, 7 months ago

Chinese rail lines up to India border

The Hindu  

China is planning the construction of two railway lines in Tibet that will extend up to the border with India and are expected to be completed by 2020, State media reported on Thursday. A top official of the Tibet Autonomous Region government said the railway line will be further extended during the 13th five year plan period, running to two …

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India
13 years, 8 months ago

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India

Hindustan Times  

Less than 15 months after work started on the integrated check post at Raxaul in Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border, New Delhi is worried about slow progress of work on the Nepal side. HT Image Work gap between Raxaul and Birganj in Nepal due to land acquisition and water management related problems has already delayed the project and is expected …

Full Steam Ahead For China's Rail Links Abroad?
13 years, 9 months ago

Full Steam Ahead For China's Rail Links Abroad?

NPR  

Full Steam Ahead For China's Rail Links Abroad? Sponsor Message China's first project is to link itself to its Southeast Asian neighbors, so that rail travelers may soon be able to traverse Asia from China to Singapore in a day. "I think if China really would like to have this system throughout Southeast Asia, they have to be successful in …

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