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. …
Travel on buses of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is set to change. Bus drivers are likely to drive at the prescribed speed, stop at authorised places and be more punctual. This may come about with the installation of the global positioning information system (GPIS) which will enable monitoring …
Transport rates in Scotland have risen heavily over the last year, causing concern in view of impending fuel poverty according to an environmental campaign group. Statistics for transport published this week by Scottish ministers showed that road traffic had risen again, to reach the highest rates ever recorded in Scotland. …
Studies that have been carried out over several years have examined the impact of improved transport infrastructure and services on socio-economic development of developing countries, and recognised the close relationship between economic development and the prevalence of an efficient transport system. This is true of transport systems in both urban-metropolitan …
After the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently revived the High Capacity Bus System (HCBS) project, it now seems just a matter of days before work begins. The Ambedkar Nagar-ISBT corridor is where the pilot project will be implemented, initially on the stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand. Once Delhi …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will now handle Rs 1 lakh crore worth highway projects. The road transport and highways ministry has decided to transfer additional national highway projects stretching 10,000 km to NHAI. Sources said orders to that effect were passed earlier this week though a decision …
Britain is believed to have sold India a ghost fleet of unwanted ships, apparently in breach of international law as India does not have the facilities to deal with the toxic substances on board.
The West Bengal Government has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court for postponement of its April 2, 2004 deadline for scrapping of 15-year-old vehicles in the State.
When Faridabad resident Rajendra Dhankar's eight-month-old Santro began to belch white smoke like a run-down truck, he rushed to the vehicle's manufacturer, Hyundai. What had caused the engine to so wheeze was heavily adulterated fuel. The company replaced the piston and the ring. Dhankar's car was as good as new …
A wide variety of low priced fuels and solvents in the market are an immediate enticement to greed. High taxes on petrol make it vulnerable to adulteration with cheap solvents and naphtha. Diesel is easily mixed with subsidised kerosene and cheaper LDO. Says Rita Pandey, Fellow, National Institute of Public …
Towards the end of 2001, as part of an ongoing public interest litigation on air pollution in Delhi, the apex court took notice of the ugly business of adulteration. It has repeatedly pointed out the merit of the CNG programme in culling this menace. But the Union of India, in …
The city's transport system could be in for a dramatic change if the Konkan Railway manages to impress the Tamil Nadu Government with it unique, indigenous, yet untested, technology for a quicker and effective mode of public transport for Chennai. Called the Skybus System, the first such in the world, …
While the British government continues to refuse permits for scrapping the first of the controversial US Navy "ghost Ships" which just arrived in the UK, the environment eatchdog Greenpeace said its vessel 'Rainbow Warrior', which is camping off the coast of Gujarat, has uncovered a British vessel being shipped to …
Demarcation of a clearcut boundary, development of greenery around the lake and promotion of ecotourism are some of the measures suggested by environmentalists and people representing different sections for the conservation of Hussainsagar.
With traffic in the city getting more and more chaotic and short-term measures adopted by authorities failing to yield desired results, concerned citizens have come forward to find long-term solutions to bring order on the roads.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has unveiled a skytrain project costing Rs 800 crore in one of the city's most congested roads.
The Lalbagh Walkers Welfare Forum has urged the Bangalore Development Authority to harvest rain-water too enhance the landscape of Lalbagh Gardens and enrich the water bodies there.The Forum has sought construction of drains to harness excess rain-water which falls on the huge rock - a geological monument in the park …
For the Mumbai-bound corporate air traveller who spends more time on roads than on flights, there is some good news. The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to start a chopper service between the Chhatrapati Shivaji airport and the city in three months.
Residents of Ghaziabad will hopefully start getting Ganga water within a fortnight while Noidaites may have to wait for another month or so,according to Dr Dharminder Dev Mishra, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam Chairman.
