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 …
Sources in BMRCL told Deccan Herald that the state-of-the-art Byappanahalli station would be a terminal station, located between Old Madras road and the railway station at Byappanahalli. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), keen to have the train on track by the 2010-11 deadline, has completed the design process …
The government is considering awarding a grant from the funds of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to meet a funding gap in the Mumbai metro project's first corridor that is being built by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). If the decision is approved, the Mumbai …
Even as the Delhi government is trying to make its beleaguered dream project bus rapid transit (BRT) project to work without causing chaos, Dinesh Mohan, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and the brain behind the project has suggested to the Planning Commission to stall the expansion of the Delhi …
Commending the performance of the Delhi Metro railway and the high standards its has set for other transport services to emulate, Union Urban Development Secretary M. Ramachandran on Saturday said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had emerged as a model for urban transport globally. Speaking at the 14th Foundation Day …
This Writ Petition arrays a range of legal concerns relating to the ongoing road widening programme in Bangalore and exposes that such actions are opposed to settled legal norms relating to management and conservation of urban greenery. In addition it is submitted that the road widening programmes are being advanced …
The state government has agreed to share the cost of the proposed extension of the Metro railway from Dumdum to Dakshineshwar via Baranagar. However, it has agreed to bear only one-third of the project cost. The railways had urged the state government to share half of the project cost. The …
The Centre on Thursday said that construction work on the metro rail projects in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Kochi would commence within two years. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy said: "The metro projects for Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Kochi are …
The Chandigarh Administration will underwrite 50 per cent of the cost of the Metro Rail Project (Common Mobility Plan) and Detailed Project Report (DPR) while the proportion for Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh would be 20, 20 and 10 per cent respectively. The division of the entire cost was prepared …
The honeymoon is over for Mumbai Metro One Ltd, the entity that is to give the city the first phase of its Rs 19,500-crore, 146.5-km metro project. A PPP between Reliance Energy, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and an international company, it isn't exactly off the tracks, but …
Going by the slow pace of acquiring private land, the Namma Metro project may well join the long list of delayed projects of the City. It's been over three months since Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) began taking private properties into its possession for the Metro Rail project in …
As it prepares to transport more than a hundred thousand people between the Capital and its posh but water-starved neighbour Gurgaon each day, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is simultaneously doing its bit to tap every drop of rainwater. The DMRC has made extensive arrangements to catch rainwater on the …
Dug up roads, rows of barricades, traffic diversions and slow vehicular movement, if this explains the state of many roads in the city where metro railway is scheduled to pass though, the scene will be drastically different when the gleaming carriages roll out on its tracks. The Delhi Metro Rail …
The High Court admitted a PIL filed by CMH Shops and Establishments and Residents Association challenging the very commissioning of the Metro Rail project. The High Court on Thursday admitted a PIL filed by CMH Shops and Establishments and Residents' Association challenging the very commissioning of the Metro Rail project. …
Keeping up its reputation of beating deadlines, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has completed construction work on its brand new railway bridge across the Yamuna in a record time of 26 months. The work on the 698.8-metre bridge started in October 2005 as the first project under the ongoing second …
The Sheila Dikshit government on Monday received a pat on the back from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Speaking on occasion of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the 1,500-MW power plant in Bawana, the PM lauded the
With construction of Delhi Metro's second phase on full-stream, and the first section between Dilshad Garden and Shahdara up for completion by the year-end, the state budget has allocated a sum of Rs 819.93 crore for Metro rail in 2008-09. The money will be utilised for construction of eight new …
With a clear aim to give a fillip to the Capital's public transport system before the Commonwealth Games, the government has given the largest allocation of funds to the transport sector. A whopping Rs 2,933 crore (29%) has been set aside for new buses, more roads and bridges and expansion …
For thousands of people who commute between Delhi and Ghaziabad daily, the wait for an efficient and comfortable mode of transport will be over by September 2010. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) signed an agreement on Monday for extension of the Delhi Metro …
Indicating its disgruntlement with the public-private partnership route for major infrastructure projects, the state government on Wednesday agreed to constitute the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, to be modelled after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Following a meeting with DMRC chief E Sreedharan on Wednesday, the government announced that the to-be-constituted …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has presented a budget of Rs 6,643 crore for 2008-09 to implement a series of infrastructure projects. Some of the major projects that have been allocated funds include Rs 700 crore for the showcase Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), Rs 1,250 crore for …
