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 …
Mumbai The residents opposing the elevated Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro corridor are conducting their own feasibility study of the proposed underground stretch between Andheri and Bandra with the help of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the nodal agency for the implementation of the …
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been sanctioned a loan of Rs 4,061.81 crore from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the developing Phase II of the Delhi Metro. The loan was sanctioned on March 31 in an agreement signed between the Government of India and …
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has sanctioned a loan of 77.75 yen, (around Rs 4,061 crore) to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the development of Phase- II. The DMRC, under Phase II will provide an additional 80 km in a total of six lines, three of which are extensions. …
March 19: The Citizens for a Better Public Transport (CBPTH), a conglomeration of 15 NGOs, asked the state government should immediately scrap the "concessional agreement" it has entered into with Maytas to develop the Metro Rail project in Hyderabad. The CBPTH on Thursday held a demonstration in front of the …
March 17: Maytas Infra on Tuesday formally requested the state government to extend the deadline to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project. It is learnt that Maytas Infra wants three to six months more but sources close to the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, …
Mumbai: Metro II is still to get a bidder, but Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) is thinking of a pilot station that will have a 'circle of influence'. The 'circle' concept involves an area of 500 sqm around metro stations that is developed as business hubs. And the government gives …
As traffic-weary Bangaloreans prepare to welcome Namma Metro, the project appears to crawl in its journey to meet deadlines, says S Praveen Dhaneshkar A year behind schedule, the city
Mumbai: Even as the railways grapple to complete the Phase-I of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), work for the Phase-II has already got underway. This phase involves laying of the fifth and sixth lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM) and Kurla, as well as Thane and Diva and the …
Mumbai: Recession teaches even the richest some valuable lessons. The cash-rich Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), which even lends to the state government for loan waivers to farmers, has been forced to rethink its original plan to construct a totally underground Metro line (Metro-III) between Colaba and Bandra. As …
Mumbai: Bidders again ask for extension of submission dates The nodal agency for the Metro Rail Project which is awaiting financial bids for the second line may not receive any bids on March 16 either. Earlier in February, none of the seven bidders for the 32-km line came forward, all …
The chief minister on Tuesday asked transport department officials to start preliminary work for the proposed East-West Metro. Transport secretary Sumantra Chowdhury later announced that Gammon India Ltd was awarded the contract for constructing the elevated 6km tracks between Sector V (near Wipro) and Phoolbagan. Chowdhury, along with state chief …
India's recent phenomenal prosperity has taken everybody by surprise. The rolling out of ambitious programmes and its right implementation has leapfrogged India into the category of fast developing countries. Taking over this mantle from the Centre, Maharashtra has become the first state to successfully implement the Centre's flagship schemes and …
This study was designed to quantify the importance of image and perception to Bus Rapid Transit, by identifying the different un-derlying tangible and intangible factors that drive any perceived differences between BRT and other forms of rapid transit.
The State Governments proposed spending on the Metro Rail for 2009-10 and the rest of the budget for the Citys roads and transport is a mixed bag, according to experts. While experts believe that Metro has become an embarrassing obligation to the Government, the decision to spend Rs 2,000 crore …
Mumbai: With an aim to generate funds through development of Metro rail stations on the second Metro corridor, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) are undertaking a pilot study on the impact of commercial utilisation in and around one station along the …
If the words of state urban development minister Babulal Gaur are to be believed, Metro trains are not a distant dreams, at least for the cities of Indore and Bhopal, two largest cities of Madhya Pradesh. Gaur in his maiden visit to Indore today after assuming the charge of the …
