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. …
Calcutta State Transport Corporation has become the best transport corporation in the country for the year 2001-2002, for the proper maintenance of tyres. Ironically, this comes at a time when commuters in the city are worried about the irregular service of CSTC buses.
Even as the Andhra Pradesh government administration is busy making preparations for the 12 day 'Pushkaram' commencing on July 30, low level of water in Godavari is a cause of concern. The water level at Dowleswaram barrage was 40.4 feet compared to 49 feet during the same period last year.
The West Bengal state government has started linking the city's traffic movement with the other metros, like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. According to the plan, the link up will be computerised and any of the metros can get details of the traffic system of its counterparts.
On January 5, 2003 hundreds of rickshaw pullers in Hyderabad got together to declare: "Protect our right on roads.' The city was hosting the Asian Social Forum and some 500-rickshaw pullers from different cities and towns had decided to use the occasion to organise in an informal but cohesive way …
The Sky bus metro project, indigenously developed by the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL), can meet the urben transportation demands for at least a century as there is no other existing solution to the ever-growing needs of burgeoning cities, according to the Corporation's Managing Director, Mr B Rajaram. Besides being …
With both India's population and economy projected to grow rapidly over the medium term, the traffic situation in the country can only be expected to get worse. The roads in the cities as well as small towns are buckling under the pressure of vehicular traffic; and with private car ownership …
In yet another decision aimed at streamlining the public transport system in the Capital and providing alternative means for five lakhs of commuters, the Delhi Cabinet is understood to have given its approval for purchase of 15 High Capacity Buses from two leading domestic manufacturers. The buses are expected to …
The West Bengal plans yet another retrograde step against trams. Rejecting pleas from activists who want to give trams a special status as a vintage environment-friendly tansport mode that is still viable, the state government is trying to de-reserve tram stretches in the city
DELHI: Bus route rationalisation; bus priority lanes; introduction of high capacity buses; electric trolley buses; trams for the walled city; feeder bus service for the metro; increasing parking facilities; rationalisation of parking charges; improvement of traffic signalling systems; road widening; cycle tracks on selected corridors and many others. MUMBAI: Mumbai …
In 1950, buses and railways had accounted for 70 per cent of the total traffic volume in western Europe; in 1997, their share came down to a meagre 15 per cent (Mobility 2001, a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development). In Australia, private vehicles accounted for 93 …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has embarked upon an ambitious plan for harnessing over 25,000 MW of hydroelectric power by setting up a number of projects in the North Eastern region by the end of the 12th plan.
The Centre is keen on giving a shape to some new metro rail projects in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad by the yearend, Union urban development minister Ananth Kumar said in New Delhi. "The project report for the Bangalore Metro has already been prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and …
Union urban ministry is seriously considering the implementation of a proposal which should send the Delhi's spirits soaring. With a view to evolving a polluton-free alternative public-transport system, over and above the metro project, the Centre wants to run a sky-train-service in the city. Delhi is all set to take …
The Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa Government have sent proposals to the Urban Development Ministry for providing sky bus metro in their states, the Rajya Sabha was informed. The minister for state for urban development, Mr Pon Radhakrishnan, said his ministry had examined the concept of sky bus metro, developed by …
The 10 day old nation wide truckers strike was called off following an agreement between the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), which was spearheading the agitation, and the Government. According to the agreement providing a face of saving for AIMTC which was under pressure on account of a vertical …
Work on the ambitious Bangalore Metro Rail Project will commence from November and a Memorandum of Understanding in that regard will be signed by the State and the Centre in a month's time. Union Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Minister Ananth Kumar told mediapersons that, he along with Delhi Metro …
The sales figures for various segments of the automobile industry during 2002-03, released earlier this week by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, show significant gains for many products. Commercial vehicles grew at over 30 per cent, compared with around 7 per cent in the previous year. Cars grew by …
While the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) threatened to intensify the ongoing agitation by truckers by extending its scope to cover even the movement of exempted essential items, the Government woke up to the situation and invited the striking truckers for talks. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport …
The truckers strike is finally taking a heavy toll on the trade and industry. Several segments of the industry complained that they have been hit directly or indirectly as they are unable to transport finished goods or raw materials. India's largest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) has said that "it …
