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 …
Haryana is all set to be connected with the Delhi Metro in 2010 as the trial run for the train is likely to commence by July on the 7.05 km stretch from DelhiGurgaon border till the City Centre of Sector 29 in Gurgaon.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will be carrying out the work for its proposed underground station at Majestic from July 1 2009. With a permanent acquisition of nearly 7.5 acres of land, the BMRCL will have in its possession approximately 20 acres at the time of construction.
Chandigarh The Rail India Technology and Engineering Services (RITES) Limited have evaluated the feasibility of the Metro under the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS). The lines are expected to run underground for a major part of the city, except from Transport Chowk to Mani Majra and along the existing rail …
Mumbai Devp authority receives 8,500 objections, suggestions from local residents against proposed car shed After opposition from local residents to setting up a car shed at Charkop for the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd stretch of the Metro rail, the state government is considering the shifting of the depot to an alternative site in …
Mumbai Construction work for the Metro and monorail projects will continue during the monsoon even as all other infrastructure and development works in the city will come to a grinding halt in those four months. Armed with a localised disaster management plan, both the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) …
MUMBAI: H-West Ward Citizens' Federation chairperson Shyama Kulkarni protested the manner in which the government was trying to force the elevated route of the Mumbai Metro through the Bandra-Khar area, displacing people and commercial establishments, instead of opting for an underground line plan. Deposing before a government panel hearing the …
NEW DELHI: Racing against time and faced with the task of protecting the central ridge at all costs, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has carved out a 680-metre long tunnel under the ridge using innovative technology. The tunnel's final wall was broken on Monday. Unlikeall the other underground Delhi Metro …
K.V. Prasad TALL PROMISE: The metro train network seems to be the common link in the campaign of almost all parties in Coimbatore. COIMBATORE: In the race for getting popular with the city
MUMBAI: Former Union minister Ram Naik and National Alliance of People's Movements leader Medha Patkar have come out strongly against the displacement of thousands of families from Laljipada in Charkop which is to be acquired for a carshed for Mumbai Metro's second line from Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra. On …
Mumbai * We have been living in the area for nearly three decades now. We run businesses here and now the government wants to raze it for a metro car shed at Charkop. We cannot allow this. * Limited open spaces cannot be occupied by overhead metro, when underground metro …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore, DH News Service: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is going ahead with phase 2 of the project, progress being made in phase 1 notwithstanding. Sources in
NEW DELHI: While constructing the Yamuna Bank station on the river bed, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had taken into account all environmental concerns. According to DMRC, the Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, conducted a study and the Yamuna Standing Committee gave clearance after which construction was under …
Federation of Jayanagar Residents' Associations had organised a spot inspection to clear doubts on the Metro Rail project on Nanda Road, here on Saturday. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) managing director N Sivasailam and Jayanagar MLA B N Vijayakumar joined the inspection to clarify apprehension on the number of …
The division bench headed by Justice N Kumar directed the BMRCL not to fell trees along both Lalbagh as well as the Lakshman Rao Park boulevard, where the metro rail alignment is planned. The High Court has directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) not to fell trees along …
VED JAINThe Maytas Infrastructure board is scheduled to meet next week to evaluate the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro project. The six-member board, with majority of directors nominated by the government, is evaluating the various aspects of the prestigious project, including land acquisition and financial closure. Chairman K Ramalingam (the government-nominated …
Hasiru Usiru had earlier lodged a complaint with Siddapura police against 'Namma Metro' authorities on Monday, for tree-felling activities. Hasiru Usiru, the green NGO has made a representation to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South, Krishna Bhat and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jayanagar, Ramesh Chandra on Tuesday, to protect public …
