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 …
A year after operations began on the high-speed Airport Metro Express Line, transporting passengers from New Delhi station to the IGI Airport in 18 minutes, the journey has become a little longer as the train speed has been reduced to conduct certain tests on the stretch. Metro trains on the …
Cities now have the option of ensuring that their comprehensive plans are low on carbon emissions. Shakti’s support has helped develop a tool that can measure green house gas emission of various transport initiatives. The tool was developed by Emergent Ventures, India which works on sustainable solutions for various aspects …
Only mass rapid transit solutions can provide India’s urban commuters with efficient mobility. Billions of man-hours are lost with people ‘stuck in traffic’. This fact is also echoed in government’s national urban transport policy. The reasons are well known: exponential growth of motor vehicles with negligible increase in road space. …
About 66 acres land of the Uttara third phase housing project will be acquired for the proposed elevated metro rail project, communications secretary MAN Siddique said on Monday. The big chunk of land will be used to establish a depot of the donor-funded infrastructure project aimed at improving mass transportation …
The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project could be pulled out of cold storage and become a reality shortly. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, while interacting with TOI journalists last week, said the project was "still on the cards". Chavan said, "I have not given up completely on BRTS, an internationally …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has agreed to expansion of the first phase of the Jaipur Metro railway from Chandpole to Badi Chaupad in the Walled City here and decided to send the approved proposal to the Public Investment Board. The Ministry has also agreed in principle on the second …
Those living in the vicinity of Metro rail facilities across cities may soon need to shell out additional tax, if the Union Government's latest pitch is accepted by States. The idea is aimed at generating additional revenues to meet the high costs of maintaining such a mode of public transport. …
After East Delhi, it’s the turn of upmarket South Delhi to boast of Metro lines across river Yamuna. The two upcoming bridges (both 600 m long) will connect Nizamuddin in South Delhi with Mayur Vihar phase I in East and another will link Kalindi Kunj (South) to Noida. While one …
NEW DELHI: Travelling by Metro will become a breeze in the new lines coming up in Phase III. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) plans to float global tenders for 486 coaches next month. These trains will be faster, sturdier and more reliable, says DMRC's HS Anand. "The ridership at the …
Extension of metro up to Nedumbassery under consideration Executing the Kochi Metro Rail project as a Centre-State joint venture scheme has numerous advantages over implementing it as a public-private partnership project. Elaborating on the disadvantages of including private stakeholders in the construction, experts in the mass-rapid transportation sector, who did …
NEW DELHI: If the surging crowds in the Metro trains deter you, here's some good news. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has placed a new order for 76 more coaches from Bombardier. These coaches will be used to convert the present six-coach train sets into eight-coach ones on the HUDA …
The R5,146-crore Kochi Metro project is back on track, as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) former managing director E Sreedharan and Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy broke ice over the recent global tender issue. If DMRC were to be handed over charge of the project, Kochi Metro will be commissioned …
MUMBAI: The plans for the second line of the Mumbai Metro on the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd route have got a shot in the arm with the railways granting permission for a Metro bridge across the Central Railway (CR) lines at Kurla and Mankhurd. This is seen as a major development by senior …
The Gujarat government has approached the Urban Development Ministry seeking 25 per cent Central funding for the Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Metro Development Project. Though the ministry has generally followed a model as per which it provides 20 per cent of the cost project as financial assistance, it was currently evaluating …
The implementation of the proposed Kochi metro rail project, which is awaiting final nod from the Central government, has become a bone of contention between the Congress-led state government and the Opposition with the latter alleging corruption behind the move to go for global tenders. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation …
After numerous delays in the construction of the city’s longest Metro corridor, running between Charkop and Mankhurd, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) seems to have finally woken up. The authority has sent a strongly worded letter to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) asking it to relax …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director E. Sreedharan has urged the State government to pursue the Phase-II expansion of the Chennai metro rail network. Observing that there has been a “violent shift” in policy ever since the new government came to power in the State, he said that the …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday urged the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) to consider funding various projects relating to water supply, solid waste management, roads and improvement of street lights in City Development Plans of all 26 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) falling in the NCR sub-region …
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that all urban development projects must comply with the state's Town and Country Planning Act. The Act requires public consultations be carried before implementation of any project. The decision came while hearing a petition against transfer of land to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. A …
Land acquisition for the proposed metro rail project in Kochi is likely to get smoother than expected as only 10 per cent of the 150 people, who will be affected by the project, have raised any objections to land acquisition. These objections will be examined by the District Collector, said …
