Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Emerges best feeder rail network for City The Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is likely to be preferred over to Monorail for the City. Capita Symonds - the UK-based consultancy firm for property and infrastructure solutions to which the State government has assigned the job of suggesting the best feeder …
Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority assesses the state of infrastructure in the United States and around the world, examines what the next few years are likely to hold, and provides recommendations for moving forward on the infrastructure investments and strategies that are needed for regions and countries to continue to …
While several cities across the world have revived their tramways, Kolkata naively ignored its tramways and witnesses the last days of this non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport. Read this special report in Down To Earth. Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while …
It was quarter to nine on a cold December evening at the Kalighat tram depot in south Kolkata. A row of tramcars stood like ghosts under an iron shed. At the corner of one coach an elderly man clad in khakis read the newspaper in the dim light of a …
KOLKATA, 1 DEC: A year and a half after the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, unveiled the foundation stone for the light rail transit system (LRTS) at a five-star hotel in the city with much fan fare, the project was given a quiet burial today when the joint venture company …
To inform ongoing discussions at the U.S. federal, state, and local levels regarding public investments in rail and urban transit, the Worldwatch Institute analyzed global rail industry trends and profiled four countries—Germany, Spain, Japan, and China—that have made major commitments to public transportation and that offer important lessons for the …
The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has written to the Delhi government questioning the functioning of the Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit Service (DIMTS) and its role in the government
Proposal Stuck At Feasibility Stage, Focus On 2010 Projects Megha Suri Singh | TNN New Delhi: With Mumbai about to get its first monorail, the focus is back on the three monorail lines planned in the capital before Commonwealth Games which are still at the feasibility study stage. The proposals …
MUMBAI: Near Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, engineers with SCOMI-the monorail manufacturing company that is involved in the Mumbai project-are researching and working on advanced third-generation coaches and engines. The green technology promises to increase the carrying and speeding capacity of monorail cars and will also allow longer trains to manoeuvre …
This World Bank publication focuses on establishing effective Light rail metro transit (LRMT) systems using Public Private Participation. Presents options and discusses practical issues related to preparing and implementing new LRMT PPP schemes. See Also: Report: Advanced network planning for bus rapid transit - the 'quickway' model as a modal …
This study evaluates rail transit benefits based on a comprehensive analysis of transportation system performance in major U.S. cities. It finds that cities with large, well established rail systems have significantly higher per capita transit ridership, lower average per capita vehicle ownership and annual mileage, less traffic congestion, lower traffic …
The Delhi Government has identified five modules of public transport system for the Capital. According to Economic Survey of Delhi 2008-09, it has identified Monorail, Metro, Bus Rapid Transit System, Integrated Rail Bus Transport and Light Rail Transport (LRT) system as the components of a multi-model transit system. While work …
As work on the Noida corridor is almost on the verge of culmination, the Noida Authority has announced a budget of Rs 5,038 crore for the Light Rail Transit System to be extended upto Greater Noida. With Noida denizens all eager to savour the Metro experience starting this August, the …
Tribune News Service Noida, January 18 Noida and Greater Noida are likely to be connected by light rail transport system by the end of this year. The light rail is likely to start from Sector-32, the last station on Metro route in Noida. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is …
Having seen the Metro in Delhi and Kolkata, the urban rail network in Mumbai and Chennai, the Bangalorean had always wondered why the City's existing railway llines weren't put to better use. After all, Bangalore had about a dozen railway stations criss-crossing the City... Trains there were aplenty as well, …
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the existing $800million ADB-funded mega city project will be redesigned and improved with the inclusion of mass transit schemes such as a light rail, costing Rs2.4 billion, to provide a solution to traffic congestion in the city for the next …
