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 …
The Asian Development Bank has established the Sustainable Transport Initiative to align its transport operations with ADB's long-term strategic framework, Strategy 2020. In July 2010, ADB approved the Sustainable Transport Initiative Operational Plan, which identifies road safety as one of the priority areas to be mainstreamed and scaled up in …
NEW DELHI: Nearly 14,300 trees are likely to be felled during the construction work of Delhi Metro's third phase. The "Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has submitted a tentative proposal indicating removal of 14,298 trees for construction of following of metro lines in Phase-III," Minister of State for Environment and …
NEW DELHI: Private vehicles may soon be allowed to run on the dedicated bus lanes of the BRT on a temporary basis. The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered a fresh study on the effectiveness of the BRT corridor, asking the government to throw open the bus lanes to private …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to go ahead with the construction of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro railway line even if it fails to get right of way (ROW) for the Subhash Nagar station near Asalpha. The authority has also not ruled out an underground Metro on the second …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took a tough stand on the controversial BRT corridor in the Capital and emphasized on immediate steps to ease the traffic flow on the stretch. A division bench headed by the acting Chief Justice AK Sikri rejected the contention of the Delhi Government that …
Rejecting the Delhi government’s contention that public opinion on using BRT corridor was positive, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that a study on its feasibility and other aspects of vehicular traffic needed to be conducted afresh. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv …
With reference to the series titled ‘Scrap the trap’, you have claimed that ‘people want their road back’. However, do the people here include cyclists and bus commuters or only car/bike users? Without considering the opinions of the first two categories of road users, it would be at best an …
New Delhi: Built to promote public transport, the bus rapid transit corridor (BRT) was touted as a “green corridor” by the Delhi government when it came up in 2008. The idea was that increased usage of public transport would bring down reliability on private vehicles, and thus the resultant emissions, …
When Dinesh Trivedi presents his first railway budget on Wednesday, the city would be keeping track of his Metro connectivity plans. At least three new Metro networks are in the pipeline for Calcutta and feasibility studies for all three are done. Mamata Banerjee had announced surveys for six Metro routes …
New Delhi: For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court’s order to get a “scientific study” conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study. The study, carried …
Even after 7 years, big chunk of JNNURM phase-1 projects still on paper; phase-2 may be announced in April The proposed phase-2 of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) may see allocations double, though close to half of the phase-1 projects remain pending, especially in the case of …
Suggestion based on cost dynamics and existing example of DMRC that has only 10% work via PPPs. After betting big on public-private partnership to deliver ambitious infrastructure targets envisaged in the twelfth plan, the government could make an about turn at least in the case of urban transport infrastructure. A …
The Planning Commission cited shortage of funds as it punctured the Union Urban Development Ministry’s ambitious plans to popularise bicycle usage in metro cities. The Plan panel has refused to dole out Rs 150 crore to the Ministry for the Public Bicycle Scheme, which was proposed to be rolled out …
DIMTS Ready To Replicate Flawed Experiment Even As Govt Refuses To Allow People’s Participation In Decision-Making. The Delhi government decided to rechristen the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor as integrated transit corridor in 2011, perhaps hoping to erase the memory of the ordeal Delhiites undergo everyday on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand …
Skywalk, enclosed pedestrian crossings suggested. A ‘Skywalk' at Thampanoor has been proposed along with the 41.8-km monorail, an elevated rail-based mass rapid transit system (MRTS), on the Pallippuram-Neyyattinkara stretch of the city. The National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (Natpac), in its feasibility report, has recommended pedestrian facilities along with …
KOLKATA, 7 MARCH: Land acquisition is a serious obstacle for the construction of the East-West Metro Project, Subrata Gupta, managing director, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), said today. Talking to reporters at the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry this afternoon, Mr Gupta said the project has run …
Citizens can expect their commuting woes to soon be addressed with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) planning to complete work on major infrastructure projects in the coming financial year. MMRDA commissioner Rahul Asthana said a number of projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are expected to be …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government is all set to explore energy efficient and renewable energy mechanisms for its public transport system in the Capital and other cities included under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase II of which is scheduled to go underway from 2014. Electricity and solar powered buses …
CHENNAI: The city will soon have its own urban transport policy with the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) working on plans in this regard. As efforts are on to ease congestion in the city, the CUMTA, which came into being in 2010, is chalking out a series of measures …
Study report submitted to Chief Minister A 41.8-km monorail, an elevated rail-based mass rapid transit system (MRTS), has been found feasible for implementation in the capital city in the busy Pallippuram-Ulloor-Overbridge-Killipalam-Neyyattinkara corridor on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) mode. The project, expected to reduce the dependence on …
