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. …
Delhi government's infrastructure consultant has proposed an ambitious plan for operating buses and maximising their potential by dividing Delhi into various zones. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS;), during an hour-long presentation, put forth what it calls the unique
India is finally moving to the use of smart card-based driving licences and vehicles registration certificates through computerization of regional transport offices. The software for this has been developed by the National Informatics Centre in consultation with the ministry of road transport and highways.
A Central core team visited the area where the Pareechu river enters India before it joins the Spiti and decided that the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) would set up a gauge site at Samdoh. The team will submit its estimations on how long the artificial lake, formed due …
The Goa Skybus, a project intended to prove the feasibility of a novel mass transit system, is set for a crucial test-run. The project undertaken by the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL), will be operational on an 1.6-km-long track next month. The test track has been laid on a concrete …
Maharashtra Governor Mohammad Fazal gave a clean chit to the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited's (KRCL's) Sky Bus project and came down heavily on the Government for taking time to accept the concept. He was on a special visit to Goa to inspect the Sky Bus prototype installed at the Madgaon …
Thirsty Dohan Pachisi, a conglomeration of 25 villages around the Dohan river originating in Rajasthan, faces acute water shortage. This despite the inauguration of a drain system from the Hasanpur distributary to feed the area's sole dam for recharging the underground water table.
Reportedly, bjp senior leader Arun Jaitley has contemptuously labelled Digvijay Singh's Madhya Pradesh government as " ngo -style". Why? Because it spends more on social development - education and health - and not on roads or electricity. I am not defending the potholes made famous by politicians and media in …
The leading soft drink company, Coca-Cola has been found guilty of deficiency in service by a city consumer court for selling adulterated soft-drinks. Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DSCDRC) President Justice JD Kapoor, members Rumnita Mittal and Mahesh Chandra have also ordered Coca-Cola to pay Rs 10,000 to complainant …
In order to overcome the rising traffic congestion in Dehradun city, Uttaranchal, the police department has prepared a detailed report that has been submitted for the government's approval. Also recommended is an increase in the no-entry time besides introduction of one way traffic for roadways buses and vikrams.
With the new water supplies schemes envisaged by the state government falling far short of demand, India's financial capital will face a severe water shortage in the next 15 years, says an alarming new study by an environmental group. Painting a grim view of a parched Mumbai, the study by …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is likely to do away with the restriction on number of contracts awarded to a company under a single package of highway projects. This move is expected to come in the wake of Ircon International and Soma Enterprises combine emerging lowest bidder for …
Work on the proposed Bangalore Metro Rail project will start early next year. It will be operational by 2008, said Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Limited (BMRTL) managing director A.P. Joshi. Speaking at a seminar on Urban Transport Structures, organised jointly by the Bangalore Development Authority and the Indian National Group …
A panel of experts has been formed by the Government to study the feasibility of the sky-bus metro, which the Railways proposed to launch as a mass-transport vehicle. The sky-bus-rail concept developed by the Konkan Railway Corporation will now be evaluated by the committee for its commercial prospects. Konkan Railway …
In the first step towards an inter-modal public transport in the Capital, the Railways has proposed an Integrated Rail-Bus Transport (IRBT) System that would incorporate the Delhi Metro, Railways and the city bus facilities. Projected to cost Rs 2,239 crore, the proposed system includes two dedicated tracks on Shahadra-Sahibabad-Ghaziabad, Sahibabad-Tilak …
Safety of elderly citizens of the capital has been in sharp focus because of a series of murders that has exposed them as vulnerable targets. But, significantly, a five-year study conducted by AIIMS on unnatural deaths among the elderly has concluded that the most common cause was road accidents. The …
Delhi transport department met with its Haryana counterpart no conclusive agreement could be worked out. Another meeting is expected next week. While the city's transport department wanted to work out an agreement similar to the one signed with Uttar Pradesh, Haryana clearly did not seem too keen.
The Delhi government has, in principle given a go-ahead to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's proposal for the second phase of the Metro project. Following a presentation by the DMRC, the Delhi Cabinet asked the DMRC to submit a detailed report on the proposed second phase for final approval.
About 8,000 vehicles plying in the Calcutta Metropolian Area (CMA)will have to be phased out by the end of December. A survey by the transport department shows contrary to claims by transport unions, only that many vehicles fall in the pre 1975 category .
Union Transport and Shipping Minister TR Balu announced road improvement schemes in Assam worth over Rs 2,000 crore. This is a part from the Rs 5 crore that has been sanctioned immediately to carry out initial repairs of the National Highways damaged by floods in the State. Balu, after a …
Rusty private water connections, corrosion, illegal PVC connections, sewage and stormwater drains running parallel to water supply lines, encroachments, frequent digging by various government departments and even toilets built over water supply lines
