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 …
MUMBAI: The Union environment ministry has given clearance to the 32-km phase II of Mumbai Metro. The announcement was made on Friday by the minister, Jairam Ramesh, who was in Mumbai to discuss issues related to environmental clearances for projects in Maharashtra. The news cheered up officials at Mumbai Metro …
Making the Kochi Metro rail project a reality is the one common promise made by all political formations in Kerala - be it the Congress-led UDF, the CPM-centric LDF and even the BJP. But the alliance that gets the people
Metro rail has missed another deadline. Though Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had announced that the Metro train would chug on Ugadi day, the plans came unstuck due to the delay in getting the safety certificates. Yeddyurappa has now said that all necessary clearances from the Centre would be obtained …
In what is a record of sorts, engineering giant L&T; has achieved the financial closure for the prestigious Rs 16,375 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, making it the biggest ever fund tie-up in public-private partnership project anywhere in the world in a short span of six months. L&T; Metro Rail …
The first phase will begin with a small section of 6.1 km with six stations The Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL), the first privately owned public transport system being constructed by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services, has adopted environmentally safe practices for construction and operation of the line. The …
While work for the Western Express Highway bridge as well as the Andheri Rail-Over Bridge (RoB) is in progress in full swing, as per the officials of the MMRDA and MMOPL, the deadline for commencement of the 11km metro still remains a stiff target to achieve. Though work for both …
New-Age Trains To Be Less Noisy, Will Draw Power From Rail Track Itself Come 2013 and Gurgaon may finally have its very own metro system. On Monday, Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Ltd
In another crucial push for the metro and monorail projects in the MMR, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has received a go-ahead from the Thane Municipal Corporation for the portion of these projects falling in its jurisdiction. With this clearance, the MMRDA will now prepare a detailed project …
With the DMRC carrying out pre-feasibility survey last week, the State capital is moving towards getting Metro rail, reports Zafar Alam khan Bhopalites dream for metro train inched closer to reality with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) formally carrying out pre-feasibility survey in the State capital last week, and …
New Delhi: Even as the state disaster management authority is trying to get its act together, officials of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) say the Metro network has been built to
While several cities across the world have revived their tramways, Kolkata naively ignored its tramways and witnesses the last days of this non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport. Read this special report in Down To Earth. Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while …
It was quarter to nine on a cold December evening at the Kalighat tram depot in south Kolkata. A row of tramcars stood like ghosts under an iron shed. At the corner of one coach an elderly man clad in khakis read the newspaper in the dim light of a …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) have locked horns over issues of lending. The former has written a letter to the latter, asking it to be prompt in repaying a loan of close to Rs1,350 crore as the unpaid amount is …
MUMBAI: The Metro rail programme received a shot in the arm on Monday, when the Union Budget, presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, assured financial assistance to the proposed 20-km third route between Bandra and Colaba. For the route, the Union government will pay at least Rs 2,500 crore as …
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today proposed a Rs 4,770 crore package to help provide adequate infrastructure for the growth and development of Bangalore city. Presenting the 2011-12 budget in the State Legislative Assembly, Yeddyurappa, who holds the Finance Portfolio, said "...for the overall development of Bangalore, an amount …
Amid all the speculations about the Metro rail project running behind schedule, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday again said that the Phase I of the 42.3-km Namma Metro project would be completed by June 2013.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation MD E. Sreedharan briefs Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (third from right) and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath (second from right) about the Jaipur Metro during the launch function on Thursday. Work on the much-awaited Jaipur Metro Rail, the Pink City's dream project, was formally …
