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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

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 …

Safety audit of BRTS soon

AJL To Study Increasing Accidents Involving BRTS Buses Ahmedabad: A year into operations, the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) would now conduct a detailed safety audit of its BRTS corridor. This will be first major attempt to find and plug loopholes that may be leading to accidents along the BRTS corridor. …

Now, call to know how long before BRTS arrives

Ahmedabad: The BRTS bus service now has a toll free customer helpline number. The number was made operational on August 26 on a trial basis and has since September 1 been made fully operational. One can dial the 11-digit toll free number 1800-2332030 on cellphone and seek real time details …

BRTS: civic body to intensify land acquisition drive

Pune Under criticism for the slow pace of development work under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Pune Municipal Corporation has chalked out a four-month plan to launch an extensive land acquisition drive for road widening to set up the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).

Economic valuation of development projects: a case study of a non-motorized transport project in India

One of the major difficulties in doing cost-benefit analysis of a development project is to estimate the total economic value of project benefits, which are usually multi-dimensional and include goods and services that are not traded in the market. Challenges also arise in aggregating the values of different benefits, which …

Cong calls BRTS loss-making, AJL contests

Ahmedabad: The opposition Congress in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has gone all out against the prized BRTS project. The balance sheet of the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL)

City to get one more elevated BRTS corridor

Project To Connect Gujarat College, Ellisbridge Ahmedabad: Until now, civic authorities have had only one way of skirting traffic jams at railway crossings in the city

Green cost of infrastructure projects: 40,000 trees

New Delhi: Delhi will be gaining infrastructure and better transport facilities thanks to the Commonwealth Games but that is coming at a cost. The city lost about 40,000 trees to Metro construction, flyovers and other Games-related projects in the past few years. Despite this, the green cover has been growing …

Ahmedabad BRTS catches fancy of several countries

Vinay Umarji / Mumbai/ Ahmedabad August 23, 2010, 0:06 IST Malaysia, Indonesia, Tanzania among others study Ahmedabad BRTS Despite a four-wheeler and a couple of two-wheelers parked at his residence, Manubhai Dhruva prefers to take the public transport. Ask him the reason and the 78-year-old retired English lecturer answers with …

A PPP ticket to ride

    Efficient and affordable public transport is a crying need for the cities of India today. Of the 5100-plus cities and towns, over one-third do not even have a public bus transport service. Indore, one of the fastest growing regional hubs for trade and commerce in central India, and the largest …

Boost for MMRDA as Centre talks aid for bus rapid transit

The central government has assured MMRDA of financial assistance.Asking the authority to push the project, the Centre said it can provide the much-needed fund through medium such as the World Bank.In a recent meeting held between officials from the state government and the Centre

Now, enter BRT bus lane & pay Rs 1,000 as fine

Megha Suri Singh | TNNNew Delhi: Now, get set to cough up Rs 1,000 for entering the bus lane on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in a bid to reach faster. The traffic police have upped the fine for vehicles using wrong lanes on BRT which includes cars in the …

BRTS finds new tech vendors

Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The ten-month old Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) which was grappling on technology front has finally found new vendors. The Spain based GMV in association with Vayam Technologies Limited have bagged the contract for Intelligent Traffic System(ITS) for the BRTS. The ITS includes, automatic fare …

BRTS yet to cross technology hurdle

Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Arguably the fastest mode of transport in city, 10-monthold Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is stagnating when it comes to adopting technology. The turnstile meant for smart cards installed at the 26 BRTS bus stops on RTO to Maninagar route have become mere showpieces. According …

Vidyadhar Dates book on public transport released

Ahmedabad: India should have become a pioneer in democratising transport & traffic system and given utmost priority to pedestrian, said senior journalist Vidyadhar Date at the launch of his book,

BRTS in cities under JNNURM

Details of projects on Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) approved for mission cities is annexed. These projects broadly envisage replication of metro rail facilities on the bus system. The Government has formulated the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006 which envisages setting up of Unified Metropolitan Transport Agency (UMTA) in …

IN BRTS we trust, say amdavadis

As Many As 35,000 Commuters Ditch Cars, Two-Wheelers And Rickshaws To Hop Onto BRTS, Reveals CEPT Survey Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Six out of every 10 bus travellers have adopted the new mode of public transport system, popularly called Janmarg in the city. This is a green signal for …

Soon, spycams to nail drivers entering BRT lanes

Aanchal Bansal The next time you think of jumping into the bus lane of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, think twice, for a camera will be zooming in onto your licence plate and challan is likely to follow you home. As part of the new Siemens Intelligent Signalling System …

Bikers, get off brts stretch!

Ahmedabad: The newly operationalised Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) run by Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) at Danilimda and Narol stretch has turned into a freeway for some commuters. The dedicated bus corridor is exclusively meant for BRTS services, but commuters are now seen driving at breakneck speed on the stretch, …

Pune, in a jam

Geeta Nair It is a city on the move but it just cannot get its mobility issues right. Pune has everything going for itself. There

Bus corridors will happen in Mumbai within next one year

Mumbai: Dedicated bus corridors, which have long been touted as the cheapest and the quickest modes to decongest road traffic, might finally be ready for a roll-out. SVR Srinivas, additional metropolitan commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), on Saturday, indicated that dedicated bus lanes will be put in place …

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