Rapid population growth and the expansion of metropolitan regions are defining features of India’s economic growth story. The number of Indian cities with populations above one million increased from 23 in 1991 to 53 in 2011. The average population density has also snowballed to 464 persons/sq km in 2020, 13 …
Pune: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the state government was preparing a new legislation to set rules for integrated urbanization. “Today over 50% of the population in the state lives in urban areas and more villages are merging with urban areas. Urban governance has become challenge in …
Phase-I of the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL), a network of 5.1 km connecting Cyber City, National Highway-8 and Sikanderpur Metro station, is expected to become operational in April despite slowdown of work due to extreme cold, said RMGL managing director Sanjiv Rai here on Thursday. “Due to extreme cold …
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs 15.5 crore for metro, monorail and high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) projects in the draft budget for 2013-2014. Municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak tabled the budget before the standing committee on Tuesday. Two proposals of the metro project, Vanaj to Ramwadi and …
The Punjab Government on Thursday has approved the scheme of Transport Sector with an estimated cost of Rs. 3269.678 million for “Construction of Metro Bus Transit System for Lahore-Ferozepur Road Corridor, Erection of Escalators and Platform Screen Doors at MBS Stations Package-IX (Revised)”. Eight other development schemes of various sectors …
The undersigned is directed to refer to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s OM No.30(17)/PF.11/2012 dated 11.10.2012 and to say the following on the policy being followed by Govt. of India (GoI) through Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in respect of sanction and implementation of Metro Rail projects in …
Strategy 2020 and Sustainable Transport Initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) acknowledge prioritize the role of transport sector in climate change and vice-versa in transport. The Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) uses project formulation and implementation to combat climate change by …
JAIPUR: The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has decided to take up the construction work for Metro project phase I (B), while operation and maintenance of the Jaipur Metro phase - I has been given to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday. In the 13th meeting of the …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked 10 years of Metro operations by inducting the city’s first eight-coach Metro train into service on Monday. DMRC officials said according to earlier plans, Union Urban Minister Kamal Nath and the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were going to inaugurate the eight-coach train. However, …
The Metro completed 10 years of operations on Monday with the induction of two eight-coach trains on the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre corridor. However, the occasion was marred by the closing down of nine busy stations near India Gate due to the anti-rape protests. Delhi Metro had on Sunday decided to …
RITES had proposed the construction of dedicated bus lanes in the grid system in the tricity. It had also suggested that both the Metro under the Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) and Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) System be developed at the same time. Also, it recommended integration points with the …
Land acquisition seems to be the biggest roadblock for the Railways' ambitious high-speed rail corridor project. The ministry of railways has identified seven corridors for running the high speed passenger trains, and the pre-feasibility study conducted by its consultant says land acquisition would be the major hurdle in construction of …
Punjab Cabinet approved the ambitious Rs. 1,427-crore project which will link the city with its satellite town Mohali, on Wednesday. The decision to link S.A.S. Nagar Mohali with Chandigarh was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, an official spokesman said here. Total …
The Punjab Cabinet today gave approval to link the Mohali railway station with the Chandigarh metro rail project at a cost of Rs 1,427 crore. The total 37.57 km length of the metro rail covering Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali will be completed at a cost of Rs.10,900 crore. An official …
The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation will shortly obtain loan worth Rs.969 crore from the Asian Development Bank for completion of work on a portion of its corridor in the Walled City here. The first phase connecting the Mansarovar residential colony with Chandpole is likely to start by July next year. …
The Madras High Court has set aside a May 2012 order of the revenue department, relating to resumption of a piece of land on EVR Periyar Salai near the Central Station here for the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) project. The court remitted the matter back to the government to …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asserted here on Wednesday that the Kochi Metro Rail Project would be executed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in association with E. Sreedharan in three years. The Chief Minister said he had held talks with Mr. Sreedharan (former Managing Director of DMRC) that there was …
JAIPUR: To expedite the completion of the project, the Jaipur Development Authority will provide financial assistance to companies involved in construction of Durgapura elevated road. With companies facing financial crunch, the project has suffered delay and the deadline has now been extended from July to December 2012. JDA has already …
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the state government has prepared a “Multi-Modal Mobility” plan to provide better transport facilities, like Metro and pod taxis, to the people. Haryana is seriously considering running pod taxi in big cities and in Gurgaon, including the old city. Mr Hooda …
Gurgaon Will start operations in March next year, fare structure same as Delhi Metro. The trial runs for the Rapid Metro were flagged of on Tuesday by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who also laid the foundation stone for Phase-II of the project. The second phase of the project, …
Gurgaon:Though limited to a small area, Gurgaon inched towards having its own metro rail on Tuesday when Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda flagged off trial run of the 5.1 km Rapid Metro network. It connects Sikandarpur Metro station of DMRC with Cyber City, business district of Gurgaon. Once it …
