Rapid population growth and the expansion of metropolitan regions are defining features of India’s economic growth story. The number of Indian cities with populations above one million increased from 23
Gurgaon:Though limited to a small area, Gurgaon inched towards having its own metro rail on Tuesday when Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda flagged off trial run of the 5.1 km Rapid Metro network.
AHMEDABAD: If you were to superimpose the recently declared map of Rs 15,000-crore 76-km Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail route over the Rs 1,350-crore BRTS network map, you'll notice that the buses plying
The city’s trees are giving way to metro rail as about 385 trees will be felled for the on-going construction. Seventy eight trees from the stretch between Washermanpet station and Chennai Airport and 307 from Chennai Fort to St. Thomas Mount are being felled. But the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) claims to have planted over 15,000 saplings and trees last year. “Not just saplings, we have planted trees after they reached primary growth. But most of the planting has been done in the outskirts of the city in many schools, colleges and even in Puzhal,” said an official of CMRL. The transplantation of trees within their habitat has been carried out only for the rare species, he said.
One of the resolutions the Coimbatore Corporation Council passed at the Monday’s meeting urged the State Government to sanction a mono rail project for the city. The Mayor proposed the resolution and the Council unanimously accepted it. The Council resolution comes after various associations urged the civic body to take up the issue as the city badly deserved one. More than a fortnight ago, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore urged the Corporation to take up the proposal, saying that cities with far lesser population, area and financial wherewithal had made considerable progress in getting sanction for a mass transport project and a few even commencing preliminary work.
MUMBAI: The 2016 deadline for the Metro's second line, even officials associated with it admit, is a will-o'-the-wisp, impossible to catch. Three years after then president Pratibha Patil attended a bhoomi
Traffic integration facilities would be provided at the metro stations to enable commuters to come and depart from the stations with ease, according to the detailed project report (DPR). The DPR has proposed
The BMC Tree Authority refused to consider any request from the MMRDA seeking permission to cut trees till it submits a detailed report of how many trees have been transplanted. According to BMC officials, the MMRDA has cut close to 900 trees till now as a part of the Metro project but has failed to show how many were transplanted. Corporator and member of the committee Ameet Satam said despite informing MMRDA to furnish the details at three meetings, it has failed to act. As per rules, any person, organisation or government agency seeking to cut trees for infrastructure expansion has to either transplant the uprooted trees or plant twice the number of trees cut.
Metro rail projects are currently under implementation in seven cities Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said metro rail projects would start in 19 cities, which have a population of more than 2 million. Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Kochi Metro project here, Singh said, “We have taken a decision to support preparation of detailed project reports for metro rail projects in all the 19 cities with population of more than 2 million. DPRs have already been prepared for 12 cities.” The first phase links Aluva to Petta.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said his government will prepare project reports for metro in 19 cities that are home to more than 2 million people. Laying the foundation stone for the Kochi metro,
The first train for Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro arrived in the city on Wednesday. The three coaches, which will make up a train set, started their journey from the manufacturing unit in Shanghai on July 22 and
