Haresh Koli’s wife, Reshma, accepted the cash, since he was unconscious and recuperating in the hospital. But as soon as he came to his senses, the first thing he did was to politely turn down the cheque offered by the Railways.
Artemis is a robot built by a team of students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is equipped with ultrasonic and infrared sensors to collect real time data about the tracks.
As little as four inches of water can bring a locomotive engine to a standstill until the tracks clear. After crossing four inches, the water enters traction motors at the bottom of the engine, which can cause an ‘engine failure’.
The idea is to ease commuters from the inconvenience of having to get on the road to reach their destinations and help them reach them walking straight from the metro station.
The proposed Mumbai-Nagpur expressway will get a high-speed rail corridor, in an attempt to wean goods and passenger traffic away from the nation’s packed highways.