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. …
More buses, including 15 spacious Volvo buses, will be added to the city fleet by March next year and city's overcrowded Kashmiri Gate inter-state bus terminal (ISBT) will get a makeover. Moreover, the impending DTC fare hike has been postponed for some time. Delhi government will acquire 500 AC and …
To Plan an independent mission to the moon as ISRO is doing is wasteful and unnecessary in this age of globalistion. ISRO's purported aim is to collect lunar samples for chemical analysis. The question is, do we need to add to the existing volume of lunar rock on earth? Adoring …
Metro rail, it seems will rule the transport sector in India's urban centers. The Indiresan Committee set up to evaluate the feasibility of much talked about sky bus system has found no comparative advantage of the system over Metro rail. Along with other advantages, the Metro carries 30,000 to 1 …
Delhi si all set to get is first underground Metro stretch from Kashmiri Gate to Delhi University. It will reportedly be inaugurated on December 19 itself, well before the December 31 deadline. Four trains will be introduced on the stretch and one will be kept in reserve. DMRC is tryign …
Transit vehicles, which use Delhi roads but have no business in Delhi, pose a serious management challenge. Transit vehicles pose a serious problem, as there is a wide divergence between the emission regulations enforced in Delhi and outside the city. While Delhi adheres to Euro II standards, cities neighbouring Delhi …
Skyscrapers, pedestrian ways, cycle tracks, a metro-centric transport system, elevated roads, a slum-free city, sports villages.. this is Delhi for the future for you. Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2021 draft is finally ready with this dream picture, with some inspiration from Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. After struggling for …
For city dwellers hassled by traffic and travelling woes, this may come as good news. Delhi Transport Corporation plans to introduce 200 air-conditioned buses on feeder routes to Metro Rail stations by next year. "We want to make public transport in Delhi world class and want to buy 200 AC …
In its effort to decongest traffic and make Delhi a world-class city, the Transport Department has approved a 130-km long dedicated corridor for high capacity buses (HCB). High capacity buses require dedicated corridors where no other vehicle can ply. "A total of 130 kilometres of dedicated corridor has been approved …
The three-wheeled scooter rickshaw (TSR) plays a very important role as intermediate public transport in the country. Delhi has around 53,262 registered three-wheelers as of August 31, 2004 running on compressed natural gas (CNG). The Hon
All in-use vehicles in India are required to have a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. This simple PUC checks exists from the year 1991 for all on-road vehicles as per CMV rule No 116. Privately run PUC centres authorised by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) undertake emission check for …
The march to make Delhi a world-class city by 2010 is on, and the Delhi Transport Corporation is not far behind. High capacity buses will ply on Delhi roads in a few months from now. Although only six in number, they promise to offer the 'real bus' experience which Delhi …
Delhi transport minister Haroon Yusuf said on Monday,"Creating toll routes would be to league with the elevated corridor project.It's a very common thing abroad and utilises road space in a mmost effective manner," Mr Yusuf who returned after attending a four day conmference on "Intelligent Transport System" in Nagoya, Japna …
Even as the preparations are being made for the ground work of the first phase of the proposed Bangalore Metro Rail to begin in March 2005, plans are afoot to extend the system upto Devenahalli and Electronics City in the second phase.
Going by the layout plan suggested by the RITES in its detailed project report (DPR), the HUDA has decided to pass Metro train from inside Sikanderpur. This witnessed protests from the residents last month. The residents and traders of village Sikanderpur were up in arms against HUDAs decision to acquire …
With work on the High Capacity Bus System (HCBS) for the 5.9 km stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand finally set to start, a sense of urgency prevails at IIT-Delhi's Transportation Research & Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), where experts are working overtime to give the project its finishing touches.
Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf is going to Nagoya in Japan to study the use of information technology for transport management. Transport Secretary Rajiv Talwar is already in Bogota, the Capital of the Latin American country Columbia to study the functioning of high-capacity buses. Speaking to The Pioneer, Mr Yusuf said …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has ambitious plans to make the Metro Smart Cards, at present being used to travel in Metro Coaches, into a serious rival of debt cards by allowing customers to use it to buy various other products and services. The DMRC claims the number of facilities …
After years of stumbling and scepticism, Rajaram's Skybus made its first successful public test run in Goa recently. Though its inventor and engineers were elated, it is still not clear whether they will reap a reward for this mass transit heresy. The skybus is essentially a fusion of a bus …
