India
TKE (India) Provides 10 Heavy-Duty Escalators for Busy Metro
TK Elevator (TKE) (India) replaced existing units with 10 of its heavy-duty tugela escalators in six stations of the Kolkata Metro, serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India,...
Mumbai Elevator Crash Claims Life
A 62-year-old woman died after being stuck in an elevator that collapsed in a residential building in Mumbai, India, NDTV is among outlets to report. The incident took place in...
Elevator Inaugurated as Part of Larger Project in India
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Dibakar Nath inaugurated the newly installed elevator and conference-cum-community Hall at the Dhubri Kalibari premises in India on October 28, The Sentinel reports. The meeting was organized...
Teen Dies as a Result of Elevator Mishap in Mumbai
A 16-year-old girl sustained head injuries that resulted in her death in late October, the result of sticking her head through a glassless window of a lift door in the...
20-Story Luxury Hotel Planned Near Osaka Castle in Japan
Capella Hotel Group plans to open the second hotel worldwide under the Patina Hotels & Resorts brand near Osaka Castle in Osaka, Japan, by 2025, Japan Property Central reports. Following...
One Dead, Seven Injured in India Elevator Crash
A 35-year-old worker has died and seven others were injured after a goods elevator crashed from the third floor of a textile factory in the Bhatar area of Surat, India,...
Only One of Eight Elevators Function at Indian Public Hospital
Only one of eight elevators at South Goa District Hospital in Margao, the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa, is operational, Heraldo reports. The source says the elevator...
India Residential Lift Company Expands With New Office Space
Nibav Home Elevators, a leading elevator company in producing vacuum residential lifts, has announced it is expanding its Chennai, India, presence with a new three-story downtown office while also releasing...
273 VT Units Coming to 82-Km Rail Corridor in India
Two-hundred seventy-three vertical-transportation (units) — 162 escalators and 111 lifts — are coming to the 82-km Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) high-speed rail corridor traveling through Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut...
Indian Railways Has Made Nearly 500 Stations Accessible
As part of Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign), Indian Railways (IR) has made 497 stations handicapped-accessible by providing lifts and escalators, Orissa Diary reports. In line with policy, IR...
