Tuesday, February 18, 2014

ECAT 2014 Notification released - Exam announced

If you are in final year Diploma, then here is a good news..   The ECET 2014 examination notification has been published by APSCHE.  ECET is conducted every year by JNTU Kakinada.  The ECET 2014 exam will be conducted for the final year students of Diploma for admission into the Engineering courses in Andhra Pradesh.

For more details, please read about ECET 2014 Notification and ECET exam date.

EAMCET 2014 Notification - Exam date announced

EAMCET 2014 (Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test 2014) will be conducted by JNTU, Hyderabad on behalf of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) on 17th May, 2014.  So the EAMCET 2014 exam  date is fixed on 17th May, 2014

The online application procedure for EAMCET 2014 is going to start from 20th February, 2014.  For more details about EAMCET 2014, please read about EAMCET 2014 Notification and Exam date.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

India's first Mono Rail inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister in Mumbai

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chagan inaugurated the India's first Mono Rail in Mumbai on Saturday, 1st February, 2014.  The Mono Rail system will be made available to public from Sunday, 2nd February, 2014.   Few weeks  ago, the new international terminal of Mumbai Air port was made operational and now the Mono Rail system is made operational.  

India's first Monorail service is commencing the operations after a dlay of over 2 years.  The Monorail project of Mumbai costed Rs.3,000 crores is being implemented in 2 phases.  The first phase is 8.9 Kms long Wadala-Chembur section and the second phase of the Mumbai Monorail services will be extended to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk in South Mumbai.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Development Authority (MMRDA) will be operating six trains in the first phase and another 10 trains will be added in 2nd phase.  They have fixed the fares between Rs.5 to Rs.11 for the first phase of operations.  The service will begin with 4 coaches having a combined carrying capacity of 2,300 passengers every 15 minutes.   

The Mumbai Mono rail was executed by L&T and Malaysian firm Scomi Engineering. The Monorail will reduce travel time between Wadala and Chembur by almost half from 40 minutes to 20 minutes.  MMRDA has spent Rs.1,900 crores of the allotted Rs.,3,000 crores till now and the civil works for the second phase of the monorail project has been completed.

Here are some of the photographs of the Mumbai Mono Rail Inauguration programme.