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 …
The transport department of the Delhi government today banned the movement of Blueline buses on much-criticised BRT corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand and deployed additional low-floor buses on it. Delhi transport minister Haroon Yusuf said that this had been done to make the movement of buses smooth as earlier …
The controversial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor project has now been challenged under the Right to Information Act(RTI). UndertheRTIAct2004,the home ministry has been questioned which are the agencies and departments and officials responsible for clearing the project. It has also been asked what is the basis on which the project …
With the Delhi Government ordering phasing out of Blueline buses from the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor with effect from Thursday, most commuters travelling on the new stretch had something to cheer about. Not only was the bus lane free of traffic on Thursday, the Delhi Transport Corporation's …
Thursday presented a now familiar picture of chaos and congestion at the 5.6 kilometre-long BRT stretch. While traffic pile-ups showed no signs of abating, despite certain traffic marshals claiming that they had reduced, numerous motorists plied in wrong lanes with no threat of penalty. Pedestrians, meanwhile, continued to cross helter …
With no feeders, BRT goes nowhere We asked our readers if they would dump their cars to take buses in the BRT corridor. A majority of them have rejected the idea saying the entire project is unjustified and unwanted and should be scrapped immediately No one can dare to dump …
Pilot Stretch Cost About Rs 60 Cr, Cure More Expensive The state government is determined to continue its dreary plod along the BRT. It has asked the transport department and DIMTS to make it work at any cost, even consider options like constructing a Rs 200-odd crore flyover to buttress …
A DTC bus crashed into a bus shelter near Press Enclave on the pilot BRT corridor on Thursday. Said Anil Kumar Gupta, a traffic marshal who witnessed the incident:
There is some respite coming the way for commuters stuck in unending traffic jams on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor. By the end of the week, five airconditioned buses will start plying on four routes traversing the length of the 5.6 km long corridor. Incidentally, this is the …
Desperate Govt Proposes Road Widening, Grade Separator & Intelligent Traffic Signals At their wit's end in dealing with the heavy traffic volume on the BRT corridor which continues to be marked by jams and delays, the government has initiated a slew of measures to make the corridor work at any …
Angry over the mess in the BRT corridor and the mounting opposition to it in an election year, CM Sheila Dikshit had announced that work on the rest of the stretch and the other proposed five corridors would be discontinued till the glitches were removed from the pilot stretch. But …
With an obstinate Government going ahead with the Bus Rapid Transport system disregarding growing unrest against the project, unhappy Union Urban Development Ministry has stepped in to put tough questions to the patrons of the controversial plan. The Ministry has asked the Delhi Government to remove glitches and apprehensions pertaining …
Coupled with the ongoing construction of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor on BSZ Marg and the Delhi T20 match at Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Wednesday, traffic came to standstill with commuters gasping for breathing space. A senior traffic official was apprehensive that situation would worsen when the corridor …
Post-BRT corridor the commuters travelling between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand section have started giving a damn care attitude towards the road and traffic signals. While the Government has expressed its obstinacy in not restoring the road structure of 5.8 km between Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand, commuters too have resorted to …
The illogic of Delhi's botched BRTS experiment One of the brains behind Delhi's BRTS (bus rapid transit system) has temporarily had to relinquish the privilege of driving around in a Mercedes. With so many countries in the world, there are bound to be precedents somewhere. We have been told that …
A day after its first accident, life returned to normal on the BRT corridor today. Cars waited in long queues; people waited at intersections, to cross over and board the buses plying along the central verge; traffic marshals directed different vehicles to their demarcated lanes; and all officials were busy …
The PR disaster called Bus Rapid Transit corridor has stung the Delhi government hard in an election year. In a damage-control move, the government has got PR guru Dilip Cherian to oversee publicity and awareness campaign for the project on behalf of the Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System (DIMTS). "We …
The Forum for Sustainable Development, (FSD), engaged in advocating sustainable development, has asked the government to evaluate the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), its impact on the society, environment and public safety before its launch, said forum convenor of the coastal areas, Mr S. Bhujanga Rao. He said even though …
A bus rapid transit system is a bus route that operates in a dedicated lane, where passengers pay prior to boarding at boarding stations. Bus rapid transit systems can provide a number of environmental, economic, and social benefits in cities where they are implemented. In order to promote the use …
A project meant to carve out a bus corridor and give pedestrians and cyclists designated space on a 16 km stretch of road in Delhi has resulted in outbursts of anger and acrimony by middle class car owners. Called the bus rapid transit system or the BRT, the roject is …
