Daily Archives: April 9, 2012
Waltair division of East Coast Rly crosses 50-mt mark in goods traffic
The Waltair division of the East Coast Railway has crossed the 50-million tonne mark in cargo-handling for the first time during 2011-12 financial year, according to Mr N. Kashinath, Divisional Railway Manager. Reviewing the performance here on Monday, he said the division had handled goods traffic of 50.80 million tonnes earning Rs 4,054 crore during
Poly bags back in use
The much hyped ban on use of polythene bags imposed by Sambalpur Municipality from January 1 has come a cropper. The Municipality in a bid to make the town clean and prevent use of non-biodegradable polythene had declared a blanket ban on use of polythene bags below 40 micron. Even as the civic body started
Big slump in number of IIT aspirants
Nearly 20,000 students appeared in the joint entrance examination (JEE) in the city on Sunday. However, the number of IIT aspirants in the state saw a decline from the previous years, official sources said. About 30,000 aspirants appeared from the state last year, he said. The Registrar of IIT-Bhubaneswar, Bata Kishore Ray, said, “The number
IIM Sambalpur