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 …
Ministry Finds It Hard To Award Deals For 2,609km To meet its target of awarding 7,300 km of national highways during the current financial year, the road transport and highways ministry has sought exemption from seeking mandatory clearance of the Public Private Partnership Accounts Committee (PPPAC) before starting the bidding …
Following an intervention from the PMO, the Highways Ministry has extended an assurance that it will wrap up the award of 26 road projects to ensure that the target set for the current fiscal is met. “On the direction of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Ministry of Road Transport …
A cabinet meeting, chaired by prime minister Sheikhy Hasina, on Monday approved in principle a proposal for the creation of a special organization for operating Bus Rapid Transit between Shahjalal International Airport and Gazipur to curb the capital city’s traffic congestion. The Roads Division of the Communications Ministry placed the …
Palampur: The entire Dhauladhar range and the Chhota and Bara Bhangal areas of the Palampur region experienced the heaviest snowfall of this season in the past 24 hours. Lower reaches were lashed by heavy rain, paralysing normal life in the valley. Power supply and road transport were the worst affected …
Road Transport is vital to the economic development and social integration of the country. Easy accessibility, flexibility of operations, door-to-door service and reliability have earned road transport an increasingly higher share of both passenger and freight traffic vis-à-vis other transport modes. Road transport has emerged as the dominant segment in …
The Planning Commission vide their Order No.18/3/2011-Tpt dated 06.04.2011 has constituted a Working Group on Road Transport for the Formulation of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). In order to assist the Working Group in finalization of its report, MoRT&H; vide its OM No.RT-21012/4/2011-T dated 7th June, 2011 had formed a …
Udhampur: The work on construction of a new 10-kilometre Lambi Zai-Jora Road in Bhadarwah area of Doda district which touches Souti Changa, the native village of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad could not be started for want of forest clearance. This is just one of the various roads proposed …
Haryana government has announced that it will run 35 Volvo buses on the Chandigarh-New Delhi route. Ten such buses are already plying on this route and the transport department is going to add another 25 Volvo buses to its fleet. “The buses, purchased by the transport department will be on …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) on Monday approved a proposal for the public bicycle project. Under the Rs7-crore plan, the contractor would make 300 bicycles available to citizens on rent, at an effective cost of Rs2.33 lakh per piece (including stands, staff and other expeditures). Although the …
The efficient movement of goods and services is important in achieving sustainable development. All main modes of freight – road, water, air, and rail – have impacts on the economy, environment, and society that need to be managed. Freight trucks account for 24% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from …
Shimla: Himachal has added yet another feather to its cap as it has become the first state in the country to prepare its green house gas emission inventory where it has calculated its total carbon emissions from various sectors like energy, industry, transport and tourism. Having already taken the lead …
The Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific 2011 is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The review contains: the changing economic and social landscape; railways; roads and highways; maritime ports and developments in shipping; dry …
The Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Sectoral Briefing Series, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the Regional Office for the Western Pacific, includes a report that describes challenges facing transport policy-makers and authorities, how they address them, and areas for potential collaboration between health and transport.
Initiated in 2005, this study was requested by the government of India to: develop the analytical capacity required to help identify low carbon growth opportunities, up to the end of the 15th Five Year Plan (March 2032), in major sectors of the economy; and facilitate informed decision-making by improving the …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finalized feasibility report for launching of Prime Minister’s CDA Rapid Bus Transit Project and will advertise the formal process for the procurement of CNG buses during this week. The process of procurement will be completed within 20 days after the advertisement and the project will …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to initiate steps to ease the problem of traffic congestion and movement difficulties caused by heavy pressure of mineral-carrying trucks on roads. A transport plan will be prepared to deal with the problem. This issue was discussed at a meeting presided over by Chief …
New Delhi: Faced with crippling slowdown and rising vehicle pollution, apex auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has suggested to government that all private cars made before 1996 should be scrapped to boost demand for new vehicles and push sales of environment conscious vehicles. Siam has advocated …
The Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways collects, compiles, analyses and publishes data on the physical and financial performance of various State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs) annually, The current issue of `Review of the Performance of State Road Transport Undertakings’ carries details of physical and financial …
The Kushabhau Thakre Inter-State Bus Terminus at Hoshangabad Road is another milestone in the State capital's development but lacks basic facilities, writes Ritesh Mishra The Kushabhau Thakre Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Hoshangabad Road, which was inaugurated on November 1, 2010, started functioning from Thursday, adding yet another milestone in …
The plan to convert 10,000 km of state highways into national highways is unlikely to find favour with the ministry of finance as the government is facing a paucity of funds. The department of expenditure has raised concerns over the additional annual burden of Rs 3,500 crore that the Centre …
