Indian Railways has surpassed the United States and officially become the second-largest freight mover in the world, with ₹2.62 lakh crore freight revenue.
In FY24-25, it transported 1.61 billion tonnes of cargo, setting a new benchmark in logistics efficiency.
India has the second-largest road network in the world, and with that, the highest number of road fatalities.
Why?
Because on our roads, the human connection (empathy) is missing.
We treat vehicles like machines, not lives.
Do we take road safety in India seriously? Akhilesh Srivastav has a very clear cut answer for the same.
An exclusive interaction with road safety experts on Trans India tomorrow featuring Rama Shankar Pandey Akhilesh Srivastava Anil Chhikara
Watch this space for the link.
A highly contagious disease is spreading all across India.
I am talking about wrong-side driving.
Over 70,000 wrong-side driving incidents were recorded in 2024.
After all the risks individuals take to save time and fuel, they end up putting their lives and fellow drivers in danger.
Drivers on the correct side don’t anticipate that a vehicle can come in the opposite direction, so they often drive at high speed.
This happened on the first day of Durga Puja.
Companies reduced car prices following a GST cut, and multiple festive offers gave people the financial freedom to take the leap.
Every 1.7 seconds, someone bought a car and fulfilled their dream of owning one.
The top three companies leading the surge:
– Maruti Suzuki: 30,000
– Tata Motors: 10,000
– Hyundai India: 11,000
Crossing the road without checking mirror is becoming the new normal for drivers.
But this is a dangerous habit that we can’t ignore.
Many accidents happen because the driver didn’t check behind or use their mirrors before turning or changing lanes.
It seems like a small mistake, but these habits can save your own life and make roads safer.
This flying motorbike is an excellent example of imagination meeting engineering.
Invented by a Polish company, Volonaut is a fully electric, jet-powered motorbike built for the bold and forward-thinking.
It’s currently in the trial phase, but the possibilities are exciting.
Made with advanced materials like carbon fiber and 3D-printed parts, it’s lightweight, efficient, and runs on clean energy.
What if we say that an Indian city generates ₹300 crore from sewage every year?
Sound unrealistic?
But Nagpur is doing this.
On average, a power plant uses around 80-100 million litres of water every single day to generate electricity.
Instead of tapping fresh water, Nagpur sends treated sewage water to these plants, turning waste into revenue and reducing the burden on natural water sources.
Only 8 buses serve over 4 lakh people in Dimapur, according to a survey by the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
That’s a shocking number.
It is the largest city in Nagaland, yet it struggles with a mobility crisis.
Here’s the harsh reality ↴
➡ Footpaths are broken or occupied.
➡ Streets are overcrowded, and highways serve as markets.
➡ Public transport is almost absent, forcing people to walk or pay high fares.
Chennai is on the path to becoming flood-free.
A city where rain once brought chaos is now using a smarter solution to fix two big problems: flooding and falling groundwater levels.
Inspired by Germany’s rainwater harvesting system, Chennai is building underground catch pits that can store up to 40 lakh litres of rainwater.
These pits help filter the water and send it back into the ground.
In 2022, Germany built over 60,000 such systems.
Now, our Indian city is putting this idea into action on a large scale.
