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 …
To inform ongoing discussions at the U.S. federal, state, and local levels regarding public investments in rail and urban transit, the Worldwatch Institute analyzed global rail industry trends and profiled four countries—Germany, Spain, Japan, and China—that have made major commitments to public transportation and that offer important lessons for the …
Harit Mehta | TNN Ahmedabad: The Rs 11,000-crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project has started attracting infrastructure biggies from across the globe. Nearly half a dozen leading infrastructure firms have shown interest in the project which, at a later stage, aims to link Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar with Dholera. French firm Veolia …
New-age transportation systems like the monorail and the metro have started to take precedence over the old suburban railway. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) wants to cancel a 10-year-old proposal of the suburban railways to connect the Bandra and Kurla railway stations through the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The …
LUCKNOW: The ambitious metro rail project is now proposed to be extended till Patrakarpuram in Gomtinagar as well. This the first time that the authorities have decided to bring the posh residential locality into the metro loop. Moreover, the track between Amausi and KD Singh Babu Stadium would be made …
KOCHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said that a new proposal on Kochi Metro project is getting ready. DMRC Chairman E Sreedharan said that the Urban Development Ministry would submit a renewed project report to the Planning Commission with an esccalated cost of `5,000 crore.Sreedharan said this after …
Hyderabad, Aug. 10: Even before the actual construction work on the Hyderabad Metro Rail could begin, the project has taken a toll on a major traffic congestion-easing project in the city. As many as 14 flyovers, which were recommended to come up at high traffic density junctions, will now not …
Mumbai: A hybrid rail connectivity project is now on the cards for the Thane-Kalyan-Bhiwandi areas. The project, through which these areas will be connected partly by monorail and partly by a Metro line, is expected to cost Rs 4,800 crore.The monorail component, proposed to be 30-km long, will connect Kalyan …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chairmanE. Sreedharan and Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot at the signing of the MoU betweenDMRC and Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation in Jaipur on Thursday.JAIPUR: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chairman E. Sreedharan has predicted all-round benefits to the Pink City from its proposed metro rail. The first phase …
Shuttle Services To Metro Stations Likely To Save 20% Of Transport CostPramugdha Mamgain & Mahima Puri NEW DELHITOP business process outsourcing firms with operations in Delhi-NCR may do away with day-cab services to ferry their employees between Delhi and Gurgaon after metro rail services connected the two cities, to cut …
This report on the recent national level round-table on metro rail systems in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai and Pune organised by Parisar presents the experiences by experts on metro rail systems in these cities and also their concerns & ways of moving forward. Parisar organised a national level round-table …
PUNE’S civic authorities are moving ahead with the metro rail project. City mayor Mohansingh Rajpal has announced December 12 as the date for laying the project’s foundation stone even as city planners questioned the need for the expensive transport system. A public hearing organised on June 18 to get people’s …
Hyderabad, July 26: Authorities have expedited acquisition of about 200 acres of private land at Nagole and Miyapur in the city outskirts for the Metro Rail project. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority and Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited are busy finalising the compensation package and have also begun negotiations with the …
Hyderabad, July 25: During his visit to the Capital, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, undertook a travel-cum-study tour of the Delhi Metro Rail on Sunday to gain first-hand knowledge of the facilities and commuter experience. Accompanied by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation directors, Mr Mangu Singh and Mr Raj Kumar …
The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday decided in principle that the proposed Jaipur Metro Rail project should be implemented as a public-private partnership model. Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said work on the first phase, costing about Rs 1,250 crore, would taken up by Jaipur …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has announced the creation of a Dedicated Metro Fund for the implementation of the proposed Metro Rail Project in the State capital. The work on the project, which is estimated to cost Rs.1,250 crore in the first phase of 9.25 km in the Mansarovar-Chandpole stretch, is …
Mumbai: Even as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) made a detailed presentation about the metro master plan to World Bank (WB) officials on Tuesday, the bank has reacted with caution about funding the next seven corridors of metro.
