Panel seeks ATR on city’s eco issues
‘Any failure to initiate action as suggested by the panel will amount to contempt of Parliament’ The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has sought Action
‘Any failure to initiate action as suggested by the panel will amount to contempt of Parliament’ The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has sought Action
KOLKATA: With its electricity bill responsible for nearly 15% of the annual ordinary working expenses, Metro Railway is turning to non-conventional sources of power to bring down costs. After Mumbai, Kolkata
The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid transit system serving the National Capital Region of India. It is also the world’s first rail project to earn carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism
BENGALURU: If Namma Metro is expected to ease Whitefield's traffic woes, then the technology hub will have to wait for at least five years before the train starts rolling in. Forget meeting the 2017-18
NEW DELHI: A day after the Union urban development ministry approved the policy for transit-oriented development (TOD), urban planners said the real challenge lies in its implementation, given the complexities
MUMBAI: In a major victory for environmental activists, the state government has decided to shift the site of one of the depots for Metro II from a Charkop plot partly covered by mangroves to Malwani in
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board, & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding illegal activities going
CHENNAI: Will metro rail be a precursor to 'a clean er Chennai'? Statis tics show that metro reduces air pollution as thousands of vehicles get off the road when a city gets a mass transport system like
LAHORE: Environment activists have turned down as inadequate remedies proposed for air pollution during the construction of the Orange Line Metro Train in the environment impact assessment (EIA) report
Urban Transportation in Indian Cities provides 13 examples of initiatives to improve service delivery of urban transport. For each, the study features a description of the project, success factors, budgetary
NOIDA: With the 28.8-km Noida-Greater Noida Metro track chasing a commissioning date of December 2017, the Noida Authority on Monday started the work to remove nearly 700 trees falling on the route.
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) is undertaking environment campaign at its project sites from June 1 to 5, 2015. Under this campaign, special housekeeping and environmental awareness
Jaipur Metro, touted as one of the fastest built metro systems in the country, was thrown open to public on Wednesday. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje flagged off the inaugural train on the 9.6-km-long
Two of the biggest construction projects on Golf Course Road, Rapid Metro and the 16-lane HUDA-DLF expressway, have still not been inspected for violation of the Union ministry of environment and forest's
<p> </p> <p><strong>The following questions were raised: </strong></p> <p>(a) the proposal received by Government for Metro and Monorail in the country so far and the estimated cost of each project,
KOCHI: The decibel levels in Kochi have always been on the higher side, even before the Metro works began in earnest. Though authorities haven't been able to silence sound pollution, professional groups
For every day that the opening of Chennai metro rail is de layed, the city is paying a price - a huge price in terms of public health. While the original deadline to open the initial 10km stretch between
Work on the much-awaited Ahmedabad metro began on Saturday with Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel laying the foundation stone for the first phase of the Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad
Notice issued to textile firm to surrender land before March 18. The stage is set for the acquisition of land owned by a textile showroom at the north end of M.G. Road and of a jewellery at Edappally by
Various NGOs and nature lovers gathered at Aarey Colony on Sunday morning to protest against the MMRDA's proposal to remove 2,298 trees to set up the proposed Metro III car shed. The gathering of over