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 paper by SIM-air presents the past and the current air quality management in Delhi, India, including the discussions on the air pollution levels, sources of air pollution, and policy interventions of the past and on-going. It is based on a presentation delivered at the BioVision Conference in Lyon, France, …
Also means a healthy social lifestyle We think of the car as a magic carpet taking us where and when we want. But when we drive, society becomes an obstacle
KOCHI: It was three months ago that the State Government decided to open an office for the Kochi Metro Rail project. But the office still remains on paper. And the reason: The plan to start the project as a joint venture of the Union and the State Governments needs the …
Hasiru Usiru and Environment Support Group, NGOs protesting against the BMRCL for construction of the Lalbagh station and tree felling at Lakshman Rao boulevard, has now alleged that bonded child labour is prevalent in the construction of Namma Metro. In a release issued here on Tuesday, Leo F Saldanha said …
KOCHI: It was three months ago that the State Government decided to open an office for the Kochi Metro Rail project. But the office still remains on paper. And the reason: The plan to start the project as a joint venture of the Union and the State Governments needs the …
Noted environmentalist and former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Dr A N Yellappa Reddy has said that the alignment issue should not be allowed to stall the Namma Metro project at the present juncture.
In the wake of heavy footfall in the Metro trains, the DMRC will soon attach extra coaches to some of its trains to increase their carrying capacity. The DMRC has 70 Metro trains in its fleet, having four coaches each. The trains are running at full capacity as over 8,50,000 …
Pune Various social organisations have decided to oppose the civic administration proposal seeking four Floor Space Indices (FSI) within 500 m of proposed Metro corridor and BRT route for generating funds for Metro rail project in the city. In a press statement, the organisations said the proposal seems to indicate …
The message was loud and clear: Shelve plan to acquire Lalbagh, change alignment of Namma Metro. With no response from the State government over the R V Road alignment and construction activity of Lalbagh station progressing,
NEW DELHI: In a week from now, residents of East Delhi and adjoining areas in the Capital will be able to board Delhi Metro trains from a brand new station: Yamuna Bank. For thousands of commuters living in the rest of the Capital, the trans-Yamuna areas will be that much …
Construction of the longest tunnel in the city, through which high-speed Delhi Metro trains will zip in a couple of months, was completed in the heart of the capital on Wednesday. The 1.78 km long tunnel will connect the Udyog Bhawan and Khan Market stations of the new line from …
More than a 100 protesters, including members of Hasiru Usiru staged yet another protest in a Padayatra outside the Lalbagh on R V Road here on Tuesday demanding that the metro alignment be shelved. Vinay Sreenivasa of the green NGO, said the BMRCL must drop the R V Road alignment …
Even after the government directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to stop all construction work at Lal Bagh and R V Road, the work is still being carried out, alleged environmentalists on Monday. Green activists confirmed to a shed being installed and some digging work being carried out …
"BMRCL should heed the voice of the people." In the past few days a large number of Bangalore residents have been protesting against encroachment of some land which is part of the city
Citizens who care for the green pastures of Lal Bagh in the City on Friday once again voiced their protest against the proposed metro station by BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) inside Lal Bagh and R V Road stretch. A candlelight vigil was the mode of protest, with more …
After all the protests and human chain formation on Wednesday evening, members of Hasire Usiru and supporters on Thursday sent a legal notice to BMRCL. They alleged that it was a violation of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act and Karnataka Tree Preservation Act. According to Hasire Usiru, BMRCL …
Mumbai: After strong protests from various residents associations between Juhu and Bandra, MMRDA is thinking of introducing a clause in the bidding process that some distance or the entire route might be made underground. But if the option doesn't turn out to be feasible, there are chances that Metro II …
Engineers involved in the East-West Metro project would rather miss the 2012 deadline than mess with the drainage pipes, electricity lines and telecom cables criss-crossing Salt Lake. Sources in the Calcutta Metro Railway Corporation, which is overseeing the project, blamed the unavailability of maps of underground utilities for the delay …
