Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
Cycling, walking and rapid transit systems are associated with a wide range of potential health benefits that climate assessment needs to consider more systematically. Health benefits may include: physical activity from walking and cycling, which can help prevent heart disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and some obesity-related risks; lower …
The preliminary project report for the six Bus Rapid Transit corridors (BRT) under Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) has been submitted to the government. Keeping in mind the congestion along all the BRT corridors, DIMTS has suggested that some portions along each of the corridors need not have dedicated …
Rs 250-crore terminal to be built at Hebbal on PPP model The State government has submitted a proposal to the Centre to provide 500 buses to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Home and Transport Minister R Ashoka, speaking after distributing …
Even as decongestion of the town by way of having three satellite townships and shifting of the grain, timber and vegetable markets and other services to the outskirts of the town have been suggested in the interim City Mobility Plan proposed for the town, the local Municipal Corporation (MC) has …
As against the North Eastern Council’s (NEC) 56 road projects proposals, the Planning Commission has granted ‘in principle’ approval to only 25 projects. In a Lok Sabha reply, Minister of State for Planning, Dr Ashwini Kumar said of the 25 approved projects, at least 15 have been sanctioned by 11th …
With the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) all ready to start the preparation of the Detailed Project Report for Phase IV, efforts are on in right earnest to integrate remote areas on the outskirts of the national Capital with the heart of Delhi. The national Capital will undergo a massive …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 473 crore for laying roads in the non-Integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts of the State. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said proposals for the non-IAP districts sent by the State Government involving 284 roads stretching …
The Haryana government is funding two roads — one from Dwarka and the other from Gurgaon-Faridabad Road — which will open on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway just before the Kherki Dhaula toll plaza. This would mean all car users from Delhi will have to fork out the toll — Rs 27 …
Phase IV will cover about 440 km by 2021 With work beginning on Phase III of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the Central Government has decided to expand the metro network further, and DMRC has already been directed to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for Phase IV, which is likely …
Even as the Delhi Metro awaits the requisite nods to begin construction work on the upcoming Phase III project, the Central government has asked the DMRC to start preparing detailed project reports (DPRs) for Phase IV. The DMRC is now evaluating seven corridors for the fourth and final phase of …
New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …
NEW DELHI: If the Union Finance Ministry does not scuttle it as it had done in 2009, then Kochi Metro will get the Cabinet approval soon. The Urban Development Ministry has finalised the Cabinet note on the Kochi Metro and it is expected to be taken up for consideration in …
The U.S. Transportation Department is sending $112 million to projects across the country to help build energy-efficient transit vehicles and facilities, Secretary Ray LaHood said on Thursday. The money, intended to create environment-friendly transportation options as well as construction jobs, will be shared among 46 projects. The department received 266 …
AFTER having missed several deadlines, the much-awaited Bangalore Metro finally began operations on October 20 on its first stretch – Reach 1 of the Eastern line, part of Phase I of the Metro project. Reach 1 was inaugurated by Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath in the presence of …
A European Union target to promote the use of biofuels will accelerate global species loss because it encourages the conversion of pasture, savanna and forests into new cropland, EU scientists have warned. The finding raises fresh doubts over the benefits of biofuels, which were once seen as the most effective …
With the timing, and perhaps the future, of the Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada’s oil sands to the Gulf Coast now uncertain, two alternatives to the hotly contested project have begun emerging. Seaway Crude Pipeline's pump station in Freeport, Tex. Enbridge, of Canada, bought a 50 percent stake in …
Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa announced that the State government had agreed to provide land for the construction of three new lines, for which the survey has been completed. Speaking to mediapersons after flagging of the augmented services of Bangalore-Hubli Janshatabdi Express at the Yeshwantpur railway …
In a dramatic development, the proposal to build an underground metro instead of an elevated one on the 15-km Vanaz to Ramwadi route was rejected by the standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday in spite of the support by the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Doing …
Cluster-2 of private stage carriage buses was launched by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from Delhi Secretariat on Monday with 50 non-airconditioned buses being flagged off. The first cluster of this service was launched in May this year. The flag-off also marked another major stride in Delhi adopting the public-private partnership …
Under BOT, PPP models: Chief Minister An integrated traffic management system for Chennai will be introduced under the BOT (build, operate and transfer) mode and under the PPP (public-private partnership) annuity model, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on Monday. This is to upgrade traffic management in the city to international standards, …
