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 …
Phase two of the Bangalore Metro Rail project will cover an approximate area of 125 km and could extend upto Whitefield and Kengeri, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director N Sivasailam here. Making a presentation on the project at the FICCI-Malaysia India Business Council (MIBC) Real Estate …
Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy HYDERABAD: Having decided in principle to scrap its agreement with the Maytas Infra-led consortium, the State government is exploring various options for launching work on the Metro Rail project in Hyderabad that has turned out to be a non-starter. It is pinning high hopes on the Centre …
AHMEDABAD: Imagine travelling by the Sabarmati riverfront in metro rail. This was to be a reality when the ambitious metro project was drawn up. It is not just the Vishala-Akshardham route and the Thaltej-Kalupur corridor that the project was all about. In fact, it had a second phase, which aimed …
AHMEDABAD: If the BRTS promised you a bus every 3 minutes during peak hours and every six minutes during off-peak hours, the metro rail frequency was designed for a metro every 5 minutes during the peak hours while it extended to 15 minutes during off-peak hours. Not only this, the …
Ramaswamy R. Iyer Environmental concerns have tended to be segmented, focussing on one theme at a time. It is necessary to ensure a holistic view encompassing all the themes and the vital nature-wildlife-human inter-relationships. Jairam Ramesh, the new Minister of State with Independent Charge for Environment and Forests, must have …
AHMEDABAD: Four years after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) submitted its feasibility report on Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro in June 2005, there seems to be a renewed buzz in the state urban development ministry. But, if one goes by the DMRC report, a cost of Rs 40 lakh for each day delayed …
Pune As many as 685 trees will have to be felled or replanted to implement the proposed metro rail project in Pune. The detailed project report prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) says these trees come in the way of the Metro corridor and they will have to …
Proposal to extend it up to Tiruvottiyur under consideration FIRST STEP: Piling work for construction of Metro Rail was inaugurated on Wednesday. CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail Project will become operational by 2014-15, according to Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin. Speaking to mediapersons at the launch of the piling work for …
Pune Metro Man E Sreedharan was in the city on Tuesday, giving a push to the Pune Metro Rail project and recommending that it be implemented on the lines of the Delhi Metro. The man behind the Delhi Metro, making a presentation on the viability of the project at the …
The government has invited the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to help develop the Colombo City Mass Rapid Transit Project. The DMRC which had prepared a feasibility report for the project would be soon sending a team of senior officials led by Managing Director E. Sreedharan to Sri Lanka for …
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) got a breather with the High Court on Saturday refusing to stall the ongoing works from R V Road to South end circle. Hearing a petition by City based NGO Hasiru Usiru, the court has also refused a stay on the felling of …
AHMEDABAD: The ambitious Rs 7,000-crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project has been put on the fast track. A team of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will meet Chief Minister Narendra Modi soon to chalk out a roadmap for the project, including discussions on land availability. The state government had roped in …
The High Court division bench headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda will take up the matter relating to cutting of trees and granting of land inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), on Friday. However, the court refused to interfere in the vacation division bench order …
June 2: The state government has been dodging the decision to scrap the Metro Rail deal with Maytas despite the law department giving a go ahead. The law department is believed to have made it clear that the government has a strong legal ground to cancel the deal because the …
A worker engaged in property demolition work for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) was killed while on duty. KILLER WALL: A view of the wall that collapsed during demolition, killing a worker in Bangalore on Saturday. DH photoA release from BMRCL has stated that the worker, Prakash (24) of …
MUMBAI: Protests against the Metro rail's second line between Charkop and Mankhurd via Bandra seem to have created a divide between the island city and the suburbs. "Why is an underground route proposed only for south Mumbai and not for the equally important and densely populated western suburbs, between Bandra …
The millennium city of Gurgaon is set to become the first city in Haryana to be connected with a metro. The much-awaited metro rail between Delhi and Gurgaon will be completed in six months time, said Delhi metro rail officials. It will also be the first city among the other …
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to make its stand clear on the land allotted to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for Metro project. Admitting a Public Interest Litigation filed by environmentalists and Hasiru Usiru questioning the government
