Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
It's a battle of the bulge in major cities of Uttar Pradesh. Be it Agra, or the more sedate towns of Aligarh and Meerut, the Manchester of the East Kanpur or pilgrims' delight Varanasi and Allahabad or the industrialised hub of the state, Ghaziabad-it has spread everywhere. The mounting pressure …
While it had opposed tooth and nail the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate that was earlier called the High Capacity Bus System, the Bharatiya Janata Party has now pledged itself to facilitating a similar "high capacity bus' system in the Delhi Cantonment …
It's not just the average Delhiite, even those involved in the project are slowly getting disillusioned by the bus rapid transit (BRT) system and are worried about its success rate. For officials who are in the transport department, the prospect of other project like tramways is also bleak. "The BRT …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Capital may be suffering from the effects of the BRT corridor, but the Delhi government has found a keen supporter in French transport minister Dominique Bussecreau, who on Wednesday told chief minister Sheila Dikshit that France too faced much opposition when the first BRT …
The Delhi Government on Wednesday informed the Centre that it is reviewing the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in view of the public outrage. Senior Government officials, in a meeting chaired by Urban Development Secretary M Ramachandran, said they are working on other modalities so that the concept works albeit …
The chaotic Bus Rapid Transport System (BRT) is inviting much international attention with the French government now pitching to help the city cope with its transport crisis. Though the Delhi government has politely turned down the French offer to solve the BRT blues, it showed interest in a detailed survey …
The Delhi government is fighting tooth and nail to save its high-profiled Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project. In a presentation given to the urban development ministry, the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transport System (DIMTS) painted a rosy picture of the BRT corridor and assured that the teething problems will be tackled …
The right of way for the pedestrians envisaged as per the original concept of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) comes under threat at the proposed BRTS corridor in the city. In the BRTS corridor report, as being presently proposed, the pedestrians are likely to face the threat of getting …
Did the Nobel Prize committee make a mistake when it gave the 2007 Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former us vice president Al Gore? I wonder. My disquiet is not because the prize recognized and put climate change at the centre of global debate. It …
The transport department held a review meeting with officials from Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) and RITES on Tuesday to discuss the fate of Pilot B of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor from Moolchand to Delhi Gate. In the meeting, RITES has been asked to prepare a detailed …
The transport department is planning to create a third lane in the second stretch of the first BRT corridor from Moolchand to Delhi Gate without cutting trees. Also, the IIT-Delhi has been assigned the job to develop the design. This was discussed in a meeting held among all the stakeholders …
A day before the review meeting for the under-construction Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, Times City took a drive from Moolchand to Delhi Gate only to find that the part of the corridor which has already been constructed as per the earlier design will have to be razed for trials …
This requires the courage to push new approaches but even the Nobel Prize favours the cautious. Did the Nobel Prize committee make a mistake when it gave the 2007 Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US vice-president Al Gore? My disquiet is not because the …
It is the failure or unwillingness of the authorities to encourage segregation of the slow and the fast moving traffic on the roads that has compounded the chaos on the roads -Tukoji R Pandit Anyone who keeps his eyes wide open instead of focusing his gaze narrowly would have anticipated …
Q&A;/ M Ramachandran The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) may have failed to charm the Delhi commuter, but it is working well in many cities around the world. About Rs 3,500 crore have been committed from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for its introduction in another 8-10 …
Contrary to claims made by the Delhi urban development minister Raj Kumar Chauhan on Monday, the flyover plan to decongest the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor is very much on. The transport department has ordered a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project on Wednesday and construction is expected …
It's official now. By deciding to provide more space to cars and doing away with medians in the BRT stretch beyond Moolchand, the government has virtually admitted that the apprehensions expressed by TOI since 2006 about the project were well-informed and valid. We had our ear to the ground with …
After having identified the glitches which had caused chaos during the trial run of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand last month, the Delhi government is now all set to start work on the second phase between Moolchand and Delhi Gate. This decision was taken …
