Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Conceding that accidents on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) route were taking place due to lack of proper road-crossing facilities for pedestrians, Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi at the general body meeting on Monday said that once the frequency of buses plying on the track increases to one bus every …
Even the most ardent proponents of industrialism would acknowledge that we are in the midst of an environment crisis. Rates of species extinction are 1,000 times more than what they were before human beings dominated the earth. The rate of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere today is 30 times …
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew. This was once the eco-warrior's credo, recommended to consumers in Europe. Today, however, environmentalists say that more critical than the 4 Rs is a simple word that ought to become a slogan: deconsume. Deconsume sounds like Mahatma Gandhi's mantra: Live simply, so that others may simply …
Once bitten twice shy, this may fit 'best to Delhi government, which seems to have learnt after BRT fiasco and has asked Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for construction of an elevated Ring Road. The 48-km-long elevated Ring Road is expected …
Mumbai's ambitious metro rail project today received a shot in the arm with the Centre announcing the sanctioning of Rs 4,500 crore for its completion. "Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had requested for funds from the Centre. The Centre is sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore as viability gap funding for the Mumbai …
Inaugurating the new Shahdara-Dilshad Garden line of the Delhi Metro on Tuesday, Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy acknowledged that the metro railway was an example of public transport worth emulating. Citing the example of the United States where private transport is encouraged, Mr. Reddy said in the face of …
Delhi leiutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Tuesday made a passionate appeal to the capital's residents to choose public transport as their mode of travel for bringing down the air pollution level in the city. Mr Khanna said that the government should develop the public transport system in the capital so …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit attributed the success of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in China to the discipline of the Chinese. Dikshit, after returning from her week-long visit from China, said, Chinese strictly follow traffic rules and regulations. "The two models cannot be compared as the needs are …
The bus commuters plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh can now look forward to an easy journey. The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Governments signed an agreement on Monday, which would facilitate free movement of vehicles in each other's territory. "Better connectivity between NCR in UP and Delhi and free movement …
Agreement Includes Plying Of Buses, Autos And Taxis Between States In a bid to ease the hardships faced by commuters travelling between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh daily, the two governments on Monday signed a draft interstate transport agreement. This agreement expands the existing roadmap for movement of public transport, including …
The state government is under pressure to increase the project cost of metro rail from the present Rs 9,696 crore. The bidders, who were short-listed after technical scrutiny, made it clear that the project cost was financially unviable. Accordingly, the government is believed to have decided to extend the deadline …
Over 250 rallyists from various citizens' networks, NGOs and RWAs took part in a pro-BRT march organised on Sunday on the threekm stretch between Khanpur cros- sing and Chirag Dilli. The participants shouted slogans, asking the government to implement and extend similar corridors, citing examples from a recent CSE report, …
More people are riding the nation's buses and trains, breaking records for the first quarter of the year. Transit operators expect the increase to be greater in the second quarter as gasoline prices soar. A report set for release today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) shows trips on …
The National Alliance for People's Movements along with other civil society groups has decided to take out a "long march' on the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand on Sunday to protest against the Delhi Government's decision to stop expansion of the project in its existing …
The sulphur content of diesel in India is 350 particles per million, twenty times that of the United States. Diesel exhaust is far more hazardous than petrol exhaust. Yet, diesel cars in Indian cities are rising with the association of automobile manufacturers pushing hard for it.
Has the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system introduced on a 5 km retch in south Delhi on April 28 been a success or a failure? riticism heaped day after day on the BRT in some Delhi newspapers would indicate that it hasn't worked at all. But data collected by researchers …
In order to support the required level of economic activities in urban areas it is imperative to maintain the mobility of people by providing reliable, comfortable and sustainable transport network so that the people could easily access to their work places, educational centers, recreational places etc. In fact, the poor …
Speakers at a discussion meeting suggested providing fuel subsidy for transport sector and increasing the number of public transport to ease suffering of the commuters. They also suggested giving priority to bus service in the transport planning because people from middle and lower income group use buses for their communications. …
On April 21, a small stretch of road in a congested corner of south Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, turned into an epicentre of chaos, confusion and downright indignation. The 5.6 km stretch was where the pilot phase of a public transport system that allows …
