Railways working to become ‘green’

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Indian Railways is now working on a war footing level to be the largest green railways in the world and is moving in the direction of becoming ‘net zero carbon emitter’ by 2030, said the Central Railway on Friday.

In a statement, the Central Railway said, “The railways is guided by a holistic vision of being an environment friendly, efficient, cost effective, punctual and a modern carrier of passengers as well as freight, in order to serve the growing needs of New India.”

“The conversion of DC traction on Mumbai Division of Central Railway to AC traction began in 2001 and progres-

Bandra’s Metro station shift: CM directs for action

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Sexual assault case against teen quashed

Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court has quashed a case of sexual assault registered against a 19-yearold man considering his age and after the minor victim's mother consented to the same.

They (homeless persons) are also human beings. They may be poor or less fortunate, but they are still human beings and that makes them to be on the same footing as everybody else before us in court.

—Justice Gautam Patel, Bombay High Court

poor? These are the persons who come from other cities looking for opportunities here. The issue of homeless persons is a global one,” the court said.

“They (homeless persons) are also human beings. They may be poor or less fortunate, but they are still human beings and that makes them to be on same footing as everybody else before us in court,” Justice Patel said. The association’s counsel Milind Sathe suggested that night shelters be made available for such persons.

A division bench of Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice SG Dige in its February 22 order observed that the accused was a student who was on friendly terms with the victim. The duo had stayed together without inform- ing the girl’s parents. This had prompted the girl’s mother to lodge a complaint against the alleged accused, the bench said. The youngster had approached the court seeking that the case against him be quashed. The victim’s mother informed the high court that she has given her consent for the FIR to be quashed, and taking note of this, the court quashed the case.

Mumbai: After recent reports of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) discreetly shifting a station on Metro 2B corridor to a new location, city BJP President Ashish Shelar met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Metropolitan Commissioner SVR Srinivas. Shelar demanded that National College station be re-shifted to the previous location. Shinde has directed the MMRDA chief to take appropriate action in this regard, as reported by Mid-day.

The meeting was held in the presence of former Bandra West BJP corporators Swapna Mhatre and Hetal

Move comes after MMRDA shifted location of one of the stations

Gala. As per the earlier plan for the Metro 2B corridor, there will be two stations in Bandra West—Bandra, which was to come up near the Lucky restaurant signal and National College, which was planned near Jivan Kiran Bungalow opposite Western Railway Employees Colony. According to residents, the latter had been shifted opposite Tata Blocks Parsi Colony, starting from Grace Galaxy hotel and extending up to the Maruti Auto Vista showroom on SV Road in Bandra.

BEST bringing back 400 CNG buses on city streets soon

First India Bureau Mumbai: 400 CNG buses are going to be added back in the fleet in the city by the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport undertaking (BEST). The buses took off the streets after three fire incidents in one single month of 2023.

According to Lokesh Chandra, BEST General Manager, the officials have already put 100 buses into service after the responsible agency carried out all the repair work and necessary checks. In the next couple of days, the remaining buses will also be put back into the fleet, he added.

The BEST, in a statement earlier, had said that a team of TATA Motors engineering arrived from Lucknow and is in the process of re-examining all the buses for compliance of safety standards and safety norms,” it said.