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. …
Bangladesh will ban vehicles with two-stroke engines by September 2002. Besides, the country has asked all vehicles in Dhaka and Chittagong to be converted to compressed natural gas (CNG). The government is planning to increase the use of natural gas in the transport and industrial sectors. It plans to set …
Jute's glory would soon be revived. Scientists at the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute have developed a higher yielding, better quality jute that they are calling the
The Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, today declared that there were plans to expand the Delhi Metro to the whole of the National Capital Region, covering parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and even Rajasthan, for facilitating movement of people within and to and fro Delhi.
The second phase of National Highway Development Project (NHDP) will cost Rs 3000 crore out of which the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is expecting only Rs 3000 crore investment from the private sector. NHAI will seek Cabinet clearance for the second phase of the project, which involves four/six …
the European Union's (eu) efforts to boost passenger and goods transport on railways have not quite succeeded. The Eurostat report on transport infrastructure reveals that railway network is lagging behind motorway network. According to Eurostat, the statistics agency of the eu in Brussels, motorways grew by one quarter while the …
Trespassers moved: The glory of Dal lake is being revived. Thirteen hotels situated in the lake area are being shifted to Humhama near the Srinagar airport. The land to be allotted to hotel owners has been identified. Tree slaughter: Over 850 huge and old trees along the 8-kilometer long stretch …
The World Bank has agreed in principle to support the Rs 60,000 crore rural roads programme aimed at providing all weather connectivity to every village in the country by 2007. The World Bank will send a mission to India to conduct preliminary studies before starting detailed negotiations for the purpose.
Negotiations for the Rs 4500 crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) finally begun between Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and the World Bank at Washington. The four member negotiating team is led by Metropolitan Commissioner Ajit Warty said MUTP project director U P S Madan.
The World Bank today approved $ 315 million loan for two road projects to be taken up in Kerala and Mizoram. The total cost of the Kerala State Transport Project is estimated at $ 334.00 million. The world Bank would provide loan of $ 255 million and the balance of …
The Union Minister of State for Road Transport, B.C. Khanduri, said in Bangalore on Saturday that the 5,952 km Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkatta-Chennai Highway Project, part of the Golden Quadrilateral, estimated at Rs. 25,055 crores, would be completed a year ahead of schedule.
Goa is planning to have the first skybus in the country. As a pilot project, the State government here has given green signal to Aerobus India Inc. a subsidiary of US-based OCS Inc. for a passenger service between twin cities Panaji and Mapusa. The skybus is a self-propelled vehicle working …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bhopal unit would be manufacturing sky buses that would be introduced in 14 metros along with Mumbai. The buses to be used in electric trolleys are being imported from Brazil. The work of installing tracks for sky buses would be done in cooperation with the railways.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has done an independent assessment of the fuel adulteration problem in the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) and the National Capital Region (NCR) following a direction from the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) under the Supreme Court order dated November …
Theirs is no romantic tale of the desert. Rather the plight of camel herders of Rajasthan today is that of an endless struggle for survival. Time was when Virma Ram proudly watched his herd of camels stretch in an endless line along the dusty horizon. Today, his gaze has turned …
The electric trolley bus to be introduced in Delhi shortly will share its segregated lane with a high capacity bus ferrying up to 300 passengers at a time.
No new permits will be issued for autorickshaws in West Bengal. This was decided at a meeting last evening between officials of the transport department, public vehicles department and the traffic police. Autorickshaws are increasingly becoming a menace on city roads.
come winter and the inhabitants of Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh face bleak days ahead. Heavy snow brings life to a grinding halt. But an exception is the Mayad valley, where solar home lighting systems have brought more than a glimmer of cheer on the faces of its inhabitants. …
The New Year will bring a lot of changes for the Delhi Transport Corporation. The DTC board would discuss on January 15th a report of re-structuring of the transport utility based on a study by Tata Energy Research Institute. It has a slew of ambitious projects lined up for next …
The Delhi government has approved the 42 km second phase of the metro rail project in the city, which will connect Noida, Vasant Kunj and Azadpur. The completion cost of the project has been estimated at Rs 8,900 crore, and work on the new links is expected to start by …
With deputy Prime Minister L K Advani flagging off the trail run of the metro rail in Delhi, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) too has evinced interest in a similar facility in Mumbai. The MMRDA is, infact in the process of inviting consultants to carry out a feasibility …
