The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Experts said that actions to curb air pollution has always been hampered by the lack of political will, irrespective of parties, to take decisions that might harm them electorally. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said air pollution in Delhi was a priority for the new government at the Centre …
Former Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh who was recently elected as MP from Amritsar, on Wednesday warned the State government and district administration against indiscriminate cutting of trees in the “holy city” under the pretext of widening the roads for putting in place a bus rapid transport system. “I am …
To encourage public transport in the city, BRTS should be more user-friendly with facilities like toilets and drinking water at bus stops of ibus and BRTS should be synchronized with other modes of public transport to provide end to end transportation service, said urban transport experts on Sunday. Urban transport …
Pune: The progress of five sustainable urban transport projects in the country including the BRTS project in Pimpri Chinchwad will be evaluated through an internal audit. All five are green transport projects being implemented by the ministry of urban development, with support from Global Environmental Facility’s (GEF) sustainable urban transport …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kishore Kodwani & Ors. V/s District Collector, Indore & Ors dated 06/05/2014 regarding environment degradation in the city of Indore likely to be caused by diesel fuelled buses for public transportation system under BRTS Project. The …
With the world’s urban population projected to increase from 3.4 to 6.4 billion between now and 2050, the sustainability of the earth will depend on these new urban residents living as sustainably as possible. One key element of this will be making sure the majority of these new urban residents …
Bhopal is leaving a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to its energy consumption pattern and continuous depletion of green cover. There is a rapid increase in energy consumption by the urban population. And with the recent depletion in city's green cover in the name of development, the city …
The Institution for Transport Policy Studies has been engaged in the three-year “Study of Long-Term Transport Action Plan for ASEAN” since FY2011, with full support from the Nippon Foundation. This study aims to recommend long-term action plans to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector in each ASEAN country and …
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 …
C S Rajan Blasts JDA For Poorly Planning Some Top Projects Jaipur: Additional chief secretary (Infrastructure) C S Rajan on Wednesday vented ire against the officials of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and other departments for poorly planning some of the top-notch infrastructural projects in the city. Rajan sharply criticized that …
Typical transport investment and policy proposals in India may consider factors such as connectivity with surrounding areas, land use and socioeconomic impacts, available funding, and the level of support from local stakeholders. All too often, these assessments consistently overlook the health impacts of transport. Despite this, there is a consistent …
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 …
Uncertainly prevails over sand mining from the state's riverbeds as the mining lease holders have not procured the environmental clearance from environment ministry as per the Supreme Court directions. The miners are now eagerly waiting for the apex court's hearing on February 25 for relief. The state government has allowed …
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 …
Land losers demand more compensation; acquisition delayed If everything goes by the plans of the officials of Hubli-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System (H-D BRTS), the people commuting between Hubli and Dharwad will be able to travel by swanky buses; alight and board at ultra-modern bus stands and reach their destinations …
LAHORE - The Karachi Mass Transit Cell (KMTC) is planning to set up Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Yellow Line Karachi Project. National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited (NESPAK)’s services have been hired for preparing feasibility study of this project aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in the biggest city of …
The Punjab government will inaugurate the Rs34.08-billion Metro Bus Service project on February 28 even though it has not conducted a feasibility study of the project or prepared the mandatory Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report. “This is routine matter of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) led provincial government to start …
Additional traffic signal, two unused roads to be used for traffic diversion at Chirag Dilli Even as the fate of the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand BRT corridor hangs in balance, the operators of the corridor, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems (DIMTS) have submitted a bunch of proposals to the Delhi Transport Department …
Reacting to the safety audit report of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route on Alandi-Nagar road, member of the Nagrik Chetna Manch, Qaneez Sukhrani has said that all recommendations of the report should be complied with before the roll out of buses. The report was conducted by IIT Bombay for …
The Punjab cabinet has given formal approval to the Multan, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro bus projects. A meeting of Punjab cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Saturday. The foundation stone of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro bus project will be laid on February 28, …
