Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious health, environmental, socio-economic, and resource use impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions, and contributes to employment and the economy. The loss of accessibility for pedestrians is one of the most …
Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN The stretch between RTO and Akhbar Nagar has always been notorious for razing down anything that comes in way of the BRTS track. Be it dividers, railings and or even pulling plugs on traffic signals. No wonder this stretch is called
Commuters looking forward to the Yamuna Bank-Noida Metro corridor will have to wait for at least another month. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director E Sreedharan, at a function held in Noida on Sunday, announced that the line, scheduled for commissioning by the end of August, has been delayed …
Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Consider yourself on the Chandranagar-Dharnidhar stretch long the BRTS corridor. You have just crossed the Godavari Nagar junction when you suddenly spot a speeding car coming towards you. Its probably time to say your last prayers, you may think, but luckily the car …
With Days To Go For Launch, A Reality Check by TOI Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The tentative date for the much-awaited launch of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad is August 15, Independence Day. Among all projects that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
There is no proposal by the government to restrict the use of private cars in the city in order to cut carbon dioxide emissions, nor is there a plan to impose any congestion tax, Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Monday. The objective …
MUMBAI: Citizens' groups in the Juhu-Bandra area are getting ready for a long drawn battle with the MMRDA over the issue of an underground section of the second Metro line-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd. "We will first try for a dialogue with the MMRDA, only when it fails will we resort to other measures …
NEW DELHI: A portion of the road next to the busy Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor caved in at Defence Colony here in the early hours of Sunday injuring two motorcyclists who fell into the deep pit. The mishap took place around 2-30 a.m. when a segment of the road …
The Project is a US$ 1 .I billion urban transport project which was approved on June 18, 2002. Of this total amount, US$463 million i s financed by an IBRD Loan and US$92 million by an IDA credit whereas the remaining US$568 million i s financed by the Government of …
The City Development Plan for Bhopal deals with a comprehensive, cohesive and concise manner, all the important elements of governance in the form of themes: Urban Growth Management/ Development Planning, Urban Basic Services and Infrastructure, Transportation and Traffic Management, Housing and Slums, Urban Environment, Social Development, Urban Governance and Management …
Paul John, AHMEDABAD: As the day to launch BRTS draws closer, a series of trial runs of the buses on the corridor have revealed several glitches. This includes mixed traffic behaviour, that may pose a problem during regular runs of the buses. Authorities and planners are going out of their …
Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory. The international climate change negotiations can be seen as an opportunity to create an …
Unless an integrated and optimisation-centric strategy is pursued, Chennai may end up having a sub-optimal suburban rail network, disjoined bus system and a stand-alone big-ticket showpiece called Chennai Metro, warns M G Devasahayam There has been no public consultation or participation by the `people of Chennai' in the decision making …
Mumbai: Linking Road residents are not in a mood to soften their stand on the protection of 500 structures which will be affected due to the construction of an elevated Metro. The line will proceed from Juhu towards Santa Cruz Linking Road and end at Bandra junction near Amarsons. Residents …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metro scheme for the city got a boost with the MMRDA awarding the construction of the 32-km long Metro II corridor from Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra to a consortium headed by Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. The decision was taken at an MMRDA executive committee meeting headed by …
