Konkan Railway Corporation Limited.
Konkan- In the field of Navy.
THE Konkan RAILWAY - A Modern Marvel.
It is said that 1000 years ago, Goa was known as“Konkan Kashi”.
Exercise Konkan, named after the Western coastal region of India,
was institutionalised in 2004.
been described in inscriptions as the conqueror of Karahata(Karhad), Mirinj Miraj and Konkan.
The fort was
built to overlook the trade route which connected Konkan to Nashik area.
Thus the name Konkane, comes from the word Konkaṇ,
which means the people of Konkan.
Konkan Railway Corporation(KRC),
the technological marvel of Indian Railways, has invented quite a few new technologies.
Shri Manoj Jain is also
currently, Chairman of Central UP Gas Ltd(CUGL) & Konkan LNG Pvt.
Chenab Bridge(359 meters) being built by Konkan Railways will overtake The Millau Viaduct(323 meters)
in southern France.
The Hindu festival of
Shigmo is also celebrated in Goa and Konkan in the month of Phalguna.
In the year 2000 the Konkan Railway project was completed,
and the first passenger car was started.
It is thus connected to Maharashtra and Karnataka hinterlands via South Central Railways and Konkan Railways.
He was born in Konkan region and this museum depicts his life and sacrifice for Indian freedom.
He built a strong naval presence across the coast of Konkan and Goa to protect sea trade.
Konkan 2018, the bilateral naval exercise between India
and which country started off at Goa, on 28th December 2018?
This piece of land came to be known as Konkan of which Goa is a southernmost part of.
Goa has two rail lines-
one run by the South Western Railway and the other by the Konkan Railway.
Konkan railway has shown maximum improvement as 95 per cent of the
trains are running on time in the zone.
These stations are in the Konkan railway line
and are well connected to Mumbai and other parts of the country.
In general, the Konkan region has been the slowest growing region in India between 1921
and 2001, due to migration.
In the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, the monsoon is expected to arrive in Konkan and Mumbai regions during this period.
He was the driving force behind the Konkan Railway project during his tenure as railway minister from 1989 to 1990.
Overall, the Konkan Railway has some 91 tunnels
and 171 major bridges"some of which have found mention in the record books.
west Mysore and the Konkan and Malabar coasts down to the times of the Ikkeri Nayaks of the seventeenth century.
Therefore, he instructed Colonel Burr to send reinforcements to Konkan, and in turn, call in for reinforcements from Shirur, if needed.
Like much of the Konkan region, it has seen migration for over a century,
with Pune and Mumbai being the top destinations.