Road Transport

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Step towards diluting BRT?

Govt May Allow Multi-Passenger Vehicles In Bus Lane Soon The dedicated bus corridor may just lose its exclusivity a little more. With the first two disastrous days of the BRT trial run over, there are already thoughts within the government of allowing more than just emergency vehicles inside the bus …

BJP ridicules BRT corridor

On the eve of Earth Day, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Monday appealed to the people to protest against the controversial new Bus Rapid Transit corridor by taking out candlelight marches across Delhi. One such procession would also be taken out by the Delhi BJP on the 5.6-km Ambedkar …

One big mess, one big jam

A rude shock awaited Delhiites who happened to take the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Hospital stretch of the controversial new Bus Rapid Transit corridor in the Capital on the second day of its trial run on Monday with utter chaos and clutter crippling traffic flow to a snail's pace. On an average …

Digital map to track buses

The Delhi government has procured a digital map to track the movement of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses that will initially run on four selected routes in the city. As reported by this newspaper for the first time, the draft has been prepared by Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit …

EU Commission Says Not Dropping Biofuels Goal

The European Commission is not starting to backtrack on its target of getting 10 percent of its road transport fuel from crops and biomass by 2020, a spokesman said on Monday. The January proposals have become increasingly controversial amid soaring world food prices and fears that farm land in developing …

Amdavadi women on top in BRTS poll

Guess who's set to drive the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) once it rolls into the city? It's the Amdavadi women, who are ready to hop onto this clean-green mode of transport. An elaborate household survey conducted in March this year to determine the willingness of commuters to shift to …

Poor maintenance to blame, bus had run eight lakh km

Bodeli (Vadodara): Four children miraculously survived Wednesday's Gujarat bus accident in which 44 were killed. A 13-year-old survivor, Mamta Baria, was crying uncontrollably for several hours after the accident, lamenting that she had failed to save her friends. Though no fingers are yet pointing officially at the Gujarat Road State …

Rs 10.25 crore sanctioned for Kullu-Manali : NH

Public Works and Revenue Minister Thakur Gulab Singh today said a sum of Rs 10.25 crore would be spent on the widening and construction of drains, a bridge and tarring of 38-kilometre of the National Highway between Kullu and Manali. Accompanied by local MLA Govind Singh Thakur and Deputy Speaker …

Ganga Express Way A path of wetland destruction

Ganga Express Way is a project of the Uttar Pradesh Government. According to this, an eight-lane road is to be constructed along the left side of the River Ganga, between Noida and Ballia. This correspondence deals with a critical analysis of the project in amalgamation with environmental concerns. (Correspondence)

Air-conditioned MTC buses on the road to popularity

Commuting can become an ordeal when the summer hits its peak. This year there is a way to beat the heat while commuting in the city even if you do not own an air-conditioned vehicle of your own. The air-conditioned fleet of Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), comprising 10 Volvo buses, …

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project discussed

Haryana has submitted the complete transportation plan for increasing both rail and road connectivity besides recommendations for augmentation of power and upgradation of technical training institutes to the Central Government for accelerated development under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project …

Metro improving Delhis road geometry

Dug up roads, rows of barricades, traffic diversions and slow vehicular movement, if this explains the state of many roads in the city where metro railway is scheduled to pass though, the scene will be drastically different when the gleaming carriages roll out on its tracks. The Delhi Metro Rail …

CAG: one lakh vehicles plied in 2006-07 sans valid papers

The Delhi Transport Department failed to realise more than Rs.32 crore as charges for mandatory fitness checking for renewal of registration of commercial vehicles during 2006-07. It also put the lives of the citizens in danger with nearly one lakh vehicles plying without valid fitness certificates. According to the report …

Infrastructural issues delay BRTS

The wait just got longer. The promised BRTS bus may not really hit the road before January 2009. Till then, Amdavadis will have to live with the

Officials urged to resolve dust pollution woes

A delegation of the Mission Bypass Forum (MBF) of Curchorem met government officials on Wednesday, urging them to resolve the dust pollution and traffic congestion problems faced by people of Curchorem and Sanvordem. Quepem Deputy Police Superintendent Rohidas Patre assured the delegation that he would convene a meeting with the …

Corridor meant for few: BJP

The Delhi unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced that the party would order an

Sheila finds glitches on bus corridor

25 With just a week left for the Bus Rapid Transit System to open for the public, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit went for an early morning spin on the corridor today. The CM said she found some "glitches' on the corridor and made a slew of recommendations to her officers, …

Much-hyped BRT gets small change

The allocation for transport has been increased by nearly Rs 900 crore in this year's budget. But the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which had featured prominently in last year's budget speech

Low-floor buses run on trial

The transport department of Delhi put 50 low -floor -high capacity buses on five-km -trial run in the high corridor today from Ambedkar Nagar. The passed off without any difficulty. The Ambedkar Nagar to Delhi Gate corridor will be completed till April 2008. The decision to construct the corridor was …

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