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. …
Buses of the state-owned Delhi Transport Corporation are being fitted with the Geostationary Positioning System (GPS) to ensure that they make their full-day trips. The Satellite system has also the potential to improve the services of public transport besides managing existing routes more effectively.
The Delhi Transport Minister, Ajay Maken, announced the constitution of a Delhi Transport Planning Group (DTPG) under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, to ensure speedy, well-coordinated and effective implementation of an action plan for the city's transport sector including major projects like a high capacity bus system …
Ivan Illich, defrocked Catholic itinerant priest who spent a lifetime unmasking the pernicious hold of institutions and professionals on our lives, passed away in Bremen, Germany, on December 2, 2002. He was 76. Perhaps the last of the great iconoclasts (Foucault, Bourdieu, Paul Goodman, Schumacher, among others) of his generation, …
The red tape over the selection of a much-needed Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) for the populous Bangalore City has claimed an unexpected casualty. Work on several flyover and grade separator projects at several junctions and circles in the City, which have been cleared, have been put on hold as …
The on-going trucker's strike took a violent turn with the death of a lorry owner after he was attacked by protesters when he took his truck to road to reach Bangalore from Mulbagal on Thursday night defying the strike even as the talks between government and truckers to end the …
Residents of Bangladesh's arsenic-affected areas are turning to rainwater as a safe and easy source of drinking water. Villagers in the Charghat and Bagha sub-districts are among the worst hit by arsenic. They have set up rainwater harvesting systems such as ferro-cement tanks, brick tanks, ferro-cement jars, sub-surface brick tanks …
The 1990s was the decade of the family car and two-wheeler in urban India.The phenomenal increase in person transport signalled the coming of age of middle class India. It also initiated urban chaos.Traffic jams, pollution, road accidents, gas-guzzling, lack of parking space, shrinking pedestrian walks and disappearing trees......editorial
After a long wait, Delhi's very own Metro Rail will make it inaugural run on Dec 24 amid apprehensions about the financial viability of the 8.3 km first section, between Shahdara and Tis Hazari, being commissioned. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will inaugurate the section. Commercial operations on the section …
UK transport secretary Alistair Darling has admitted that the Government cannot meet its targets on congestion. The Government's latest figures indicate that road congestion could increase by 11-20% by 2010, but at the same time trains are becoming more unreliable.
The West Bengal Government has initiated discussions with agencies in Japan and Thailand in order to improve the transporation system in Kolkata. The Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said that four flyovers were being built at a cost of Rs 400 crore.
With the Delhi Metro set to become a major election issue, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Chairman and senior BJP leader, Mr Madan Lal Khurana, on Monday announced that the second section of the mass rapid transport system would be inaugurated on September 30. The 4.5-km section between Tiz …
Five districts in Sindh province of Pakistan and 3000 human settlements are reeling under a prolonged drought. According to Sindh's additional chief secretary (development), Shahzado Shaikh, 194,798 families living in the districts of Thar, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Dadu and Thatta have borne the brunt of the dry spell. The total population …
The decision on Delhi Metro's inaugural run hinges on the final inspection of rails and the rolling stock by the chief commissioner of railway safety on December 16. Apprehensions have been expressed in several quarters about certain safety aspects of he project, especially the problem of excessive braking, following a …
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) plans to install satellite receivers in its fleet to discipline bus drivers and get them to ply as per the time table. The receivers, part of a global positioning system (GPS), would transmit signals to a satellite that would in turn relay information to a …
For Delhi commuters it's been a bad week, but worse is yet to follow. Come 2010 and the only way to commute through the Capital could be on a bicycle or a bus: Delhi roads have reached saturation point, say experts.
Excessive pollution is threatening to put Nepal's picturesque Pokhara out of the tourist map. The panoramic view of the snow-clad Himalayas from the valley is fast fading. Industrial and vehicular pollution is to be blamed for the deplorable scenario. "If this trend continues unchecked, the peripheral mountains will not be …
The war of words between the Centre and the Delhi Government may be making people apprehensive about the success of the upcoming Delhi Metro Rail project, but a study conducted on traffic and passenger projects in the Capital has revealed that in view of the progressive commissioning of various components …
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has admitted the application of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for granting it the status of a distribution company (DISCOM), thereby paving the way for cheaper power to Metro Rail. Though there is still a long way to go before the DMRC is granted license …
