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. …
When the Delhi Metro opens its first underground corridor in December this year, a new kind of technology would be put to use for the first time. The word in commuter sagety "Automatic Train Operation" - leaves the driver redundant as the train operates slely on the instructions fed in …
If commuters to National Capital Region (NCR) find it difficult to get to their destination, they have the almost non-existent agreements between the state transport authorities to blame. In the absence of these agreements each state impounds the buses of the other on some pretext or the other, creating a …
A renewed fillip is being given to water conservation through a campaign on percolation pits at Dodnalli of Sirsi taluk in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka where a successful rainwater harvesting campaign is already on. Collecting water from rooftops in wells, digging pits near hills to store water and filling …
In this report, EPCA would like to point out that in the overall context, Delhi government needs to design specific measures in addition to improving public transportation system as levers to restrain traffic and their usage with the help of a phase-in time bound plan. After having reviewed various strategies …
On January 23, 2004, the Amicus Curiae for the ongoing public interest litigation on air pollution in the National Capital Region of Delhi had submitted an IA (IA No. 226) to the Hon
In 1449, England's King Henry VI commissioned Flemish glassmaker John of Utynam to make stained glass windows at Eton and Kings colleges, and to teach his craft at the two institutions. In return the glassmaker asked the English monarch to grant him exclusive rights to manufacture stained glass
In absence of "focus" and a regular financial advisor, the Delhi Transport Corporation is turning into an institution of "neglect" with numerous buses lying idle for want of repair and maintenance for months. This has only added to the recurrent losses being suffered by the corporation over the years.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has mooted a proposal, suggesting to all the State Governments to give up the management control of their transport sector gradually and pass it on to the private sector. In a representation submitted to the chief ministers and transport ministers …
NTPC will set up two run of the river projects with a combined capacity of 1,120 MW in Uttaranchal. While Loharinag-Pala Hydro Project (600 MW) will be set up on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarkashi district, Tapovan-Vishnugad (520 MW) is the scheme across the Dhauliganga in Alaknanda valley in Chamoli …
The finance minister may no longer shy away from imposing service tax on road transport sector which is expected to generate over 10,000 crore in tax revenues.
In spite of the good snowfall and rain this winter, most of the people living in the Kashmir valley continue to face the water scarcity. Areas like Zaina Kadal, Bohri Kadal, Pather Masjid, Chattabal and Batmaloo are facing the water shortage on regular basis. People living in these areas have …
Negotiating his way through the maze of honking Bluelines and impatient BMWs, a cyclist's life hangs on a thin thread. Cycle tracks do not exist. Where they do, they have been encroached upon. Like many other things bicycle tracks for Delhi have remained tangled in committee reports ad minutes of …
Bus commuters are likely to face a bus crunch as almost one-fourth of the DTC's bus fleet has been grounded due to either technical problems or shortage of essential spare parts. The most critical parts missing are the tyres and tubes. Inter-state routes have also been heavily affected with 200 …
Jakarta began construction on a multimillion-dollar monorail project that officials hope will help overcome the city's chronic traffic jams and pollution. The US$630 million project in the Indonesian capital is being built by a consortium that groups Japanese, Malaysian, Singaporean, and Thai investors along with Indonesian companies."With this project, we …
admitting that the abandoned Union Carbide plant in Bhopal has polluted the groundwater of nearby areas, the Supreme Court (sc) has directed the Madhya Pradesh (mp) government to immediately start supplying drinking water by tankers to 12 colonies in the plant's vicinity. The directive on May 7, 2004, has come …
Despite projecting itself as a common man-friendly regime, the Delhi Government has still not been able to shed its opulent plans for more pragmatic ones and has suggested to the Delhi Transport Corporation that it purchase over 100 air-conditioned buses - costing around Rs 27 lakhs each - to be …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan has called for scrapping of the Maheshwar power project on Narmada citing the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in which the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has been severely indicted for "irregular'' disbursement of loans amounting to nearly Rs. 100 crores …
Migrant Forum, a part of Coordination of Action Research on aids and Mobility (caram), Asia, an international organisation empowering migrants against aids is active in 21
The Delhi government has sanctioned approvals to some major projects, including bus terminals, fire stations and subways which had been pending for some time now. The government has sanctioned most of these projects after the election period, while some meetings were being carried out during the elections. According to Delhi …
