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. …
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed the Haryana government's transport policy, notified in August 2013, after hearing a petition alleging that the policy has given the government blanket authority to increase or decrease the number of permits for private operations. With this, Haryana government would not …
But Court Will Hear Centre’s New Proposal On August 14 Retaining the ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the capital, the Delhi high court on Monday said it cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. “We cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. So …
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws under the Motor Vehicles Act. E-rickshaws may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons, but many believe …
After a blanket ban on e-rickshaws in the national capital, the Centre is expected to file a set of guidelines to regulate plying of e-rickshaws on Friday.The guidelines are expected to be presented during the hearing on Friday before the Delhi high court, which had banned the operation of these …
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like that," she asked while addressing a lecture organised by Transparent Chennai, a city-based non-governmental …
A day after being asked by Delhi high court to regulate e-rickshaws, the Centre has prepared guidelines for these battery-operated vehicles which would be included in a separate regulation within the Motor Vehicles Act. The policy will be submitted in court on Friday . The regulations would make it mandatory …
The government has started developing an action plan for a bus-based mass transit system in the Kathmandu Valley. To pave way for a sustainable transport system in the valley, the government, for the first time through its budget for the fiscal year 2014/15, had formally announced that it will introduce …
Plans to construct 16 dams from Varanasi to Hooghly will convert river into 16 ponds The Centre’s plan to develop the Ganga as waterway for commercial activities would sound the death knell for the river that is already struggling for survival, feel experts and activists who have been working for …
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Bangladesh on Wednesday signed an agreement for a US$ 100 million loan to help improve the capacity, efficiency and safety of railway systems in Bangladesh. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, secretary, Economic Relations Division and Kazuhiko Higuchi, Country Director for ADB in Bangladesh, signed the …
Observing that it would “not allow any illegal acts”, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to lift its ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city and asked the government to come up with draft guidelines to regulate the battery-operated vehicles. The High Court had on July 31 banned …
This annual flagship publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) says that Governments in the Asia-Pacific developing nations will need to undertake spending to address environmental factors which would otherwise hamper growth prospects and outlines ways to mobilize resources for sustainable growth …
Accidents Claim 23 Leopards In 60 Months, 9 Near Bangalore Alone, Says Study One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting Bannerghatta Road and Kanakapura Road. In no time, a speeding truck knocked it down. Ironically , …
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered an immediate ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city, saying that “unregulated plying of the vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens”. The court directed the city government to stop …
Despite the Delhi High Court banning e-rickshaws, the Centre is going ahead with plans to regularise their movement, said officials sources in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In fact, hours after the High Court asked the Government to stop the plying of e-rickshaws in the National Capital, a …
Vehicle safety experts and traffic cops have welcomed the ban on e-rickshaws, saying the vehicles have become a nuisance on the city roads as it's tough to control them in absence of any law. Experts also slam the Centre's proposal to raise the battery power of e-rickshaws to 650 Watts, …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Report No. 1 of 2014) on Revenue and Social and Economic Sector (PSUs) for the year ended 31st March 2013, has been laid on the table of the Parliament on 1st August, …
Urbanization is a result as well as a driver of growth, but has often been accompanied by problems with pollution, congestion, slums, and damage to the environment and ecosystems. This comparative report is a collaborative effort of the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank to anticipate and respond …
With the objective of stimulating timely and open discussion of the current attempt to formulate a new climate agreement—to be reached at the 21st meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP-21) in Paris during November of 2015—analysis is conducted of the expected developments in the lead-up negotiations. Based on the …
This report looks at how biking and walking can be integrated with transit and the federal transit funds that can support projects and programs to increase accessibility among people who bike, walk, and take transit.
The State economy of Assam has witnessed a picturesque change over the period from 2004-05 to 2013-14, as the primary sector witnessed a shift to service sector and the service sector has flourished rapidly in the State economy, says the report of the Economic Survey, Assam, 2013-14 tabled on the …
