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 …
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
Jaipur: As the work on Jaipur Metro project advances many residents along the proposed corridor are worried. The trader association of New Sanganer Road met the local MLA (Civil Lines) Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and protested against the proposed land acquisition. A nearly 9-km-long corridor is proposed between Mansarovar and Chandpole …
KOLKATA, 5 DEC: Beset by a funds crunch, the state government is considering handing over the entire East-West Metro Corridor project to the ministry of railways instead of transferring only a portion of the share of the joint venture company executing the project, as proposed by the Centre. Although the …
This paper critically analyzes the decision making systems behind the proposed Pune metro rail system and its detailed project report, and exposes many weaknesses in both. The decision making system is seen to be ad?hoc, and not sufficiently transparent or participative. The detailed project report suffers from many serious methodological …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has offered to build 'view cutters' to protect the privacy of families who have homes near the proposed route of the second metro line from Charkop to Bandra. But citizen groups are still critical of the move. In a statement, MMRDA commissioner …
New Delhi: As road connectivity to Faridabad improves, residents of the subcity are now looking forward to the new Delhi Metro line to get operational soon to bring the National Capital Region (NCR) town closer to Delhi. According to sources, the proposal to build a Metro line through Faridabad has …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has initiated talks with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in a bid to raise funds for the Rs 10,000-crore Metro III line from Colaba to Bandra. MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, who held talks with JICA's senior representative Hiroshi Suzuki, said the …
A Decade on, the best way for you to commute in the city would be by public transport. The government has been told to prepare for mass transit systems and increase parking rates to tackle the pressure of a population of around 2.4 crore by 2021. On Monday, the Delhi …
GANDHINAGAR: Work on the first phase of the Rs 1,100 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project will start by next year and the line is expected to be operational within two-three years, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chief executive officer AK Sharma said on Thursday. "A company has been set up …
Will continue cashing in on non-core investments at appropriate time. Larsen & Toubro plans to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,132-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project by March next. Mr R. Shankar Raman, Senior Vice-President (Finance & Legal), said the company was finalising the details. L&T; won the Hyderabad Metro …
JAIPUR: Terming the Rs 12,000-crore Jaipur Metro project a product of lopsided priorities and false projection of passenger load, former finance minister and BJP leader Manik Chand Surana demanded an immediate halt of the project and a thorough investigation into it. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said …
MUMBAI: City commuters, who travel along the main arterial routes to work and back, will be able to cut down on their travel time by over 50% once the new monorail and Metro start plying in the next three years. Dilip Kawathkar, joint project director of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development …
After the initial level of talks with the World Bank about funding the upcoming big ticket infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) have hinted that the third line of metro running between Colaba and Bandra may be funded by the …
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday at its cabinet meeting gave an in principle approval to Metro Phase III. As part of the new phase, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has proposed six corridors at a cost of Rs 21468 crore including taxes. The cabinet also asked the transport department …
AHMEDABAD: The ambitious Ahmedabad Metro project will soon get on the fast track as surveys and the detailed project reports on the rail link, with Gandhinagar in the first phase, are in their final stages. "Studies are on whether an underground Metro line is possible in old areas of the …
Afetr seeking funds from World Bank for the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is now exploring the possibility of getting the WB assistance for its other mega projects in the city. A team of World Bank officials is visiting MMRDA headquarters on October 8 to …
The Sheila Dikshit Government has an ambitious plan to connect Anand Vihar in East Delhi to Dhaula Kuan in South-West Delhi in the third phase of Delhi Metro Rail network. The total length of this corridor will be 25.66 km. According to the proposal, 12.52 km of the line would …
