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 …
This World Bank publication focuses on establishing effective Light rail metro transit (LRMT) systems using Public Private Participation. Presents options and discusses practical issues related to preparing and implementing new LRMT PPP schemes. See Also: Report: Advanced network planning for bus rapid transit - the 'quickway' model as a modal …
The National Capital Territory of Delhi not only has the highest density of population in India but also has the largest number of people living in an urban environment, as approximately 93.7% of the population live in the city. The present urban scenario of Delhi has resulted from an allround …
The impact of air pollution on the human health and the ecosystem is increasingly been linked to the growing transport sector. A major intervention that Delhi is counting on is the extension of the metro rail system, to shift the motorized transport trends to the metro rail. The expected level …
Mumbai: Taking a cue from the enormous number of hurdles it had to face acquiring land for the car depot of its first ever metro corridor from Versova to Ghatkopar, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has identified about 1,045 acres of land across the city, which it proposes …
MUMBAI: If MMRDA's plans go right, Mumbai will get shorter. Parallel to the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, the government agency plans to have a Metro corridor to bridge the distance between Navi Mumbai's residential nodes and south Mumbai. Officials say the addition of Metro tracks would bring travel time along the …
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) board that met here on Tuesday, awarded the tender contract pertaining to a portion of the underground (UG) stretch on the East-West corridor, to a joint venture consortia. The joint venture consortia is led by Continental Engineering Corporation (Taiwan) and Soma Construction (India), …
Ninad Siddhaye / DNA Mumbai: Mumbai needs an underground metro instead of an elevated one. Advocated by a number of citizen groups, this opinion now has the backing of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Powai. A report of the civil engineering department of the IIT says the elevated metro …
The division bench headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda on Wednesday directed the Registrar to place a copy of the Environment Impact Assessment study report on the Namma Metro before the Court. Hearing a petition related to Metro Rail alignment in front of Vidhana Soudha, the division bench comprising of …
Land acquired on the ground of public interest mere pretence, says HC In a blow to the Haryana government, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the
Soil Testing Begins For Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Paul John & Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Just days before the Chintan Shibir was to begin in Kutch the Western Railways submitted a proposal to the state government agreeing to bear 50% of the costs to set up a feeder rail …
Real estate values have reached new heights along Metro routes in Delhi, a study has found, revealing that a Metro station in the locality pushes up prices by at least 22 per cent. At the ongoing Urban Mobility Conference in the Capital, Professor H M Shivanand Swamy of the Centre …
Mumbai: The Metro, once up and running, is expected to change the travel scenario of Mumbai. The work for first phase of Metro is on at a brisk pace, which may lead many Mumbaikars to believe that all is well. The problem, however, lies beyond the first phase, as the …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore, Nov 30, DH News Service: With the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) now being named the prime consultant for the 'Namma Metro' project, further delays in the completion of the project seems inevitable. Metro work in progress near Vidhana Soudha. DH photoA top DMRC official told …
Nov. 23: The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) is making all out efforts to get metro status to the Visakhapatnam city. Speaking to the reporters after inaugurating three more floors at the Udyog Bhavan Complex, the administrative headquarters of Vuda, on Monday, the vice-chairman, Mr V.N. Vishnu said Vuda would …
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore: South Bangalore, which houses a majority of IT firms, is likely to benefit the most from the proposed Bangalore Metro phase II if the current plan is anything to go by. According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), which is still under preparation,
Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today announced a slew of proposals that included Metro Railway extension to Howrah and Hooghly districts and computerised reservation counters in city and district courts. The minister announced the proposals at the inauguration of the renovated computerised railway reservation centre at Rabindra Sadan this afternoon. …
The Haryana Government has allocated Rs 2,700 crore to connect Faridabad and Bahadurgarh with the national Capital through Metro rail service. According to officials of the Haryana Government, a detailed project report has been accepted by the NCR board and the project would be completed by August 11. "The project …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday announced that a committee had been constituted under the Secretary, Urban Development, M. Ramachandran, to explore the possibility of expanding Delhi Metro rail services to satellite towns like Faridabad and Bahadurgarh in Haryana to improve their connectivity with …
