Matara: The new Railroad Development Ministry will construct 4 more railway lines before 2014. The proposed projects include the construction of Matara-Kataragama, Padukka-Ratnapura via Hambantota, Kurunegala-Habarana via Dambulla and Panadura-Hora
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Colombo: The Government will begin construction of the Matara-Kataragama railway line this month with the main bridge over the Nilwala Ganga as the first step. The railway line is estimated to cost Rs. 1.1 billion and the construction work is expec
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Colombo: The Government has decided to develop and renovate the main railway line running from Colombo to Badulla. Transport Minister A.H.M. Fowzie said the project which includes the development of the Kandy-Gampola-Kadugannawa rail triangle and r
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Matara: A resolution to build railway lines in keeping with the most up-dated standards and techniques providing for the carriage of a 20 ft. long container is expected to be taken up for adoption at the forthcoming International Conference of Tran
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Colombo: Tenders will be called shortly for the extension of the Southern Railway line from Matara to Kataragama. The Cabinet has approved the calling of tenders for this project and the New Railroad Development Ministry is busy preparing the neces
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Colombo: Sri Lankan Railways has decided to take up the Kurunegala-Habarana new railway line project. The 80 kilometres long rail track will be laid at an estimated cost of SR 800 million, according to a senior official of the Railway line developm
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Colombo: Work on the Matara-Kataragama rail link which seeks to extend the coastal railway line, will commence next week. The rail link is expected to cut down the travel time from Colombo-Kataragama to three hours.
"Work on the first phase of
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RPTL signs power pact with western region power utilities
Reliance Power Transmission (RPTL), subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, India’s largest private sector enterprise in power utility, has signed power transmission agreement with eight entities from western India for two inter-state power transmission projects.
RPTL signed the agreement through its two Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for the projects under the Western Region System Strengthening Scheme-II (WRSSS-II), entailing an investment of INR18 billion, for establishing 400 KV double circuit transmission lines of around 1,500 kms, mainly in Maharashtra Continue
