Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
This study presents a review of available literature in the urban auto-rickshaw sector in India. The objective of this review is to understand the current state of the sector, summarize the key issues, and highlight the gaps in current literature. A wide range of literature sources are reviewed, including research …
EMBARQ is developing design guidelines for road safety on Bus Rapid Transit corridors in Indian cities. The focus of these guidelines is on road safety, with special consideration towards local accessibility and road traffic capacity. EMBARQ has gained significant expertise in conducting road safety audits on a number of BRT …
No Charge On Private Vehicles During Peak Hours, Says Court Gurgaon/Chandigarh:The toll operation was back on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Friday, and so was the usual traffic chaos. A 2-km-long jam built up within half an hour of the resumption of tolling, on a day when the Punjab and Haryana …
‘Cabinet note being prepared for circulation to all stakeholders for starting work’ If the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) sources are to be believed, a high-speed corridor connecting all the important towns/areas of NCR can be a reality in future. The high-speed corridors are aimed at improving the connectivity …
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 pujan, launching the project, no work on it has begun. Indeed, such are the obstacles in its path that …
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, Singh said detailed project reports for 12 cities have already been prepared. Currently, metro systems are …
The Delhi government’s proposal to construct 14 more Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors is likely to get a new lease of life after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to scrap the existing Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand corridor. Though no decision has been taken on the 14 corridors, Chief Minister Sheila …
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 arrived in Mumbai port on August 14. Rapid Metro officials are watching the weather …
Urban Transport & Congestion Tax May Force Shift To Public Transport New Delhi: The government plans to levy a one-time additional “urban transport tax” on private vehicles to discourage their use in cities and towns that have been contending with the growing rise of four-wheelers over the past few years. …
KOLKATA, 11 SEPT: Calcutta High Court has held that acquisition of land by the transport department of the state government for the East West Metro at Bowbazar for the Central station stood lapsed because of procedural glitches. Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya held in his order that the entire land acquisition proceedings …
DIMTS Says It’s Not Equipped To Handle New Situation; Traffic Cops Insist No One Has Asked Them To Take Up Job New Delhi: Delhi government’s flagship Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid bus transit corridor seems to have been abandoned by the authorities. Weeks after Delhi High Court instructed the government to …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) request for land at Millennium Park near Nizamuddin Bridge, for construction of entry and exit structures of the Sarai Kale Khan station, has not gone down well with Delhi Development Authority (DDA). According to sources, the land agency has raised objections to construction of some …
This new UN report advocates for a 'good', people centred city of the 21st century. It includes a new City Prosperity Index which shows at a glance how a city is faring in productivity, infrastructure, equity, quality of life and environmental sustainability. The city is the home of prosperity. It …
New Delhi: The phase III of the Delhi Metro will come at a price. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which will be adding 103km to the existing network, plans to fell down 14,701 trees for the project. Not surprisingly, the proposal has met with stiff resistance from the forest department …
After approving the Delhi monorail project last week, the Union Urban Development Ministry has asked the Delhi government to “think bigger” and plan a network of at least 14 monorail projects within the next decade. The monorail network is aimed at facilitating public transport in areas inaccessible by Metro and …
New Delhi: In less than a decade, 14 monorails will be running through the city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit announced on Tuesday. Dikshit said the Union urban development ministry had approved of the plan. “The ministry has suggested that we go ahead with plan to improve the city’s transport network. …
New Delhi: The monorail project looks set to move into high gear with the Delhi Metro having started work on the revised detailed project report. The work on 10.8kmlong Phase I of the monorail, which will run from Shastri Park to Trilokpuri, will start by next year, a DMRC official …
Environmentalists say project will affect monuments; move high court Hyderabad, August 19 The ambitious Hyderabad Metro Rail project, billed as the country’s biggest metro venture, has run into rough weather with environmentalists moving the high court, alleging that it would deface the city’s heritage structures, spoil the skyline and create …
New Delhi: A recent government report has concluded that congestion in urban areas has risen, thanks to the disproportionate increase in road length and vehicular growth. Road length has increased by 3.3% in the past decade, but vehicles have risen by 10%. The latest Basic Road Statistics Report — prepared …
The elevated stretch of the Metro extension connecting Delhi outskirts to Bahadurgarh in Haryana, will pave the way for the much-sought-after development in the area, said officials. The 11.1-km Metro line will traverse the largely uninhabited locations of the two states and will help connect the various cities in the …
