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 …
JAIPUR: Going green in its second year of operations, Jaipur Metro has decided to set up rooftop solar panels at eight elevated stations on its 9.25-km-long corridor between Mansarovar and Chandpole. The power generated by 200-kWp 'Rooftop Solar Power Plant' will be used to meet the requirements at the stations …
NOIDA: The State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has issued terms of reference to the Noida Metro Rail Corporation for an inspection in September, which is necessary for the project to get environmental clearance. The National Green Tribunal has given NMRC three months to procure the clearance for its 28.8km …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has come down on the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (MMRDA) for spending Rs. 5 crore unnecessarily crore in the construction of the Metro-II corridor in Mumbai. The CAG report has said the MMRDA appointed an independent engineer without resolving environmental issues related …
Lucknow: Traffic congestion prevailing all day on the 100-metre stretch around Lucknow Metro construction work site near Charbagh railway station has disturbed Dr Faisal Ali's schedule. A resident of Lalbagh, Ali has to cross the area four times a day to reach his clinic in Alambagh for the morning and …
The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has signed a power purchase agreement with a private firm for 4 MW of solar power for the metro service which is scheduled for commissioning in the first half of next year. Solar panels having an installed capacity of 4 MW would be placed …
Students can pick up bicycles from Vishwavidyalaya station and drop them off at Ramjas College or vice versa In a major relief, North Campus students will no longer have to return their rented bicycles at the Vishwavidyalaya metro station. The bustling area got its first “public cycle sharing” system on …
NEW DELHI: The dry climes of Jaipur haven't stopped the Delhi Metro from trying to build a city forest. Delhi Metro, which built the first phase of the metro - which was commissioned in June last year - is in the process of implementing the second phase. Along with the …
The international sustainable transport community began 2016 with strong momentum stemming from two major United Nations (UN) agreements in 2015: the Paris Agreement for preventing catastrophic climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set the global development agenda to 2030. To help ensure that these frameworks and agreements …
The international sustainable transport community began 2016 with strong momentum stemming from two major United Nations (UN) agreements in 2015: the Paris Agreement for preventing catastrophic climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set the global development agenda to 2030. To help ensure that these frameworks and agreements …
The National Green Tribunal today held that all metro rail projects need environmental clearance after conducting proper Environment Impact Assessment. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said Noida Metro Rail, whose construction was challenged in the plea before it, fell under Schedule 8(b) of Environment Impact Assessment …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Tongad Vs Noida Metro Rail Corporation & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding Environmental Clearance to the construction of metro line from Noida to Greater Noida. NGT in its Judgement declares that the metro Construction from Noida to Greater Noida is …
Kochi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning diesel vehicles of over 10 years old has come at the right time for Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL). If the decision sticks and old diesel cars and buses stay away from city roads, the Metro agency is hoping for a windfall …
Yet another hurdle comes in the way of the Metro project for Pune with the realignment of a route shifted alongside Mutha river from JM road being challenged in the NGT. Yet another hurdle comes in the way of the Metro project for Pune with the realignment of a route …
In six months, Chennai Metro Rail may have its first solar power generation facilities with a production capacity of 1MW. According to officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), they have signed an agreement with a firm in this regard. At first, the solar power panels will be installed on …
Nagpur: City's metro railway has cleared another hurdle with the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) making it clear that environment impact assessment (EIA) was not needed for the project. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) is however, getting an EIA done as foreign lenders insist on it. The …
The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line of Kolkata transformed into a mere sewer and was ruthlessly slaughtered with the changing politicoeconomic …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. G. D. Martin Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/02/2016 regarding reclaiming of hundreds of acres of paddy land and wet land in Choornikkara Village, Ernakulam District, Kerala by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. causing severe environmental …
The project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of the central and Uttar Pradesh governments. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the construction of the first phase of the Metro Rail …
‘Any failure to initiate action as suggested by the panel will amount to contempt of Parliament’ The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has sought Action Taken Reports (ATR) from the State on pollution of Vembanad lake, processing of solid waste at Brahmapuram and Kalamassery, cutting …
