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 …
As a first step to set up the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) in Kochi, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is conducting a workshop in collaboration with CODATU, an international non-profit organisation with the help of Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) on March 26-27 here. The objective of the …
Pune: Concerned citizens, organisations and environmentalists want political parties to come out with an agenda for environment protection in their Lok Sabha election manifesto. The Green Pune Movement has objected to the scrapping of the biodiversity park (BDP) proposal, as it will open up the hilltops and slopes for construction. …
Over 180 trees are being removed from the Erramanzil government quarters area, where the parking circulation area is being developed by the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. for Metro Rail station. These trees are said to be more than two decades old. “More than 100 trees are being translocated to places …
The Punjab government has diverted Rs1 billion development funds for Rawalpindi district to Metro Bus Project for twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad. As a result, the district government had to abandon different development projects including a burn unit at Holy Family Hospital, 60-bed hospital in Rawat and water supply schemes at …
China has agreed to give $1.6 billion loan to Pakistan under Preferential Buyers’ Credit (PBC) scheme for launching metro train project in Lahore. Dawn has learnt that the Chinese prime minister in a recent meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in China has committed to funding the project under …
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is yet to start carbon auditing for the MG Road-Baiyappanahalli stretch on which commercial operations began more than two years ago. Govt not supporting eco-friendly measure that can earn money The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is yet to start carbon auditing …
The Mass Transit Project Multan is likely to be launched either by the end of ongoing year or the beginning of next one as an eight-month long study is being launched by the Punjab Government to weigh the feasibility of the project, The Nation has learnt. The study will be …
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus service on February 28. Metro Bus Authority Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassan said this while addressing a function held in connection with completion of one year of Metro Bus Service. He said …
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the key construction work for the mega metro rail project will begin at the end of 2015. And the project is expected to be completed by 2019, he said after a view-exchange meeting with Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) officials at Dhaka South …
The 133-km phase will cover hitherto unconnected areas of Koramangala, Sarjapur, HAL. Namma Metro is set for another network boost. Buoyed by the Centre’s recent clearance of Namma Metro Phase-II, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has begun the spadework for a 133-km Phase III. The Corportation has awarded …
Nearly 90 Trees To Be Cut In Walled City Jaipur: Even though nearly 600 trees have been felled for constructing phase-I (Mansarovar to Chandpole) corridor and many more will be axed again, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has not completed re-plantation till date, as per mandatory rules. Now, the …
Monday, January 20, 2014 - Lahore—Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday chaired a high level meeting to discuss Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus project. In the meeting, PM Nawaz was briefed about the project. He was apprised that thousand of people would take benefit from this project. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif …
Initial work on metro bus service project for twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been completed and the ground breaking ceremony for the project will be held on February 28. A senior official of City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) told Dawn that the project would cost Rs30 billion and …
Villagers objecting to the acquisition of 700 acres of land in Gurgaon by the state government last December were on Thursday assured that they would be compensated according to provisions of the new Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013. The new law came into force on January 1, 2014. …
The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is drafting a “consultative tree planting plan” and has identified about 10 locations in the city to plant saplings. The agency, which is drafting the project along with the district tree cutting permit issuing committee, environmentalists and other green agencies, will soon implement the …
Recent investments in the transit sector to address greenhouse gas emissions have concentrated on purchasing efficient replacement vehicles and inducing mode shift from the private automobile. There has been little focus on the potential of network and operational improvements, such as changes in headways, route spacing, and stop spacing, to …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body meeting on Wednesday approved the draft development plan (DP) of Rs 88,000 crore for the city. The plan will be implemented over a span of 30 years to cater to the civic needs of population likely to touch 85 lakh by 2041. The …
Underlining the mismatch between vehicular growth and road space, T G Sitharam, the chairperson of Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc, has stressed linking Bangalore to its satellite towns with ring and circular rail lines. Addressing a day-long workshop on urban mobility here on Monday, Sitharam …
Kochi: It is tough times ahead for Kochi Metro as environmentalists tighten the noose around Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL). The district tree cutting permit issuing committee has stated that it would issue further permits to cut trees for metro-related works “only after KMRL drafts a project for caring and …
One of the major hurdles in the path of the Metro II project has been cleared with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) agreeing to allow the car shed on mangrove land in Malad. On Thursday, chief secretary J K Banthia, accompanied by several senior bureaucrats, met V …
