Urban Transport

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

RTC set to roll low floor buses

Hyderabad, May 15: The APSRTC has decided to introduce 1,500 low floor buses in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. The low floor buses are safer since they have no steps, have large sliding windows, handle bars, pneumatic doors and more space for standing passengers. They are expected to improve accessibility and …

Buses in Thiruvananathapuram turning comfy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first set of low floor air-conditioned city buses will roll along the city roads by the end of June. The KSRTC, which is executing the purchase and maintenance part of the city bus service proposed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM), has given the purchase …

Most Metro lines to be underground in city: RITES

Chandigarh The Rail India Technology and Engineering Services (RITES) Limited have evaluated the feasibility of the Metro under the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS). The lines are expected to run underground for a major part of the city, except from Transport Chowk to Mani Majra and along the existing rail …

No monsoon break for Metro, monorail construction

Mumbai Construction work for the Metro and monorail projects will continue during the monsoon even as all other infrastructure and development works in the city will come to a grinding halt in those four months. Armed with a localised disaster management plan, both the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) …

Citizens' groups oppose Metro plan

MUMBAI: H-West Ward Citizens' Federation chairperson Shyama Kulkarni protested the manner in which the government was trying to force the elevated route of the Mumbai Metro through the Bandra-Khar area, displacing people and commercial establishments, instead of opting for an underground line plan. Deposing before a government panel hearing the …

Tanzania team to check out BRTS

Ahmedabad : A five-member team from Tanzania will get a firsthand look at the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project in the city. The team is on a study tour in preparation for launching Dar Rapid Transit (DART), a similar system in East Africa. The DART team has already …

Official trials for BRTS to begin from Friday

Ahmedabad : Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) will start its official bus operation trials from Friday. Though the trials will take place in phases, they will include training of drivers and cover all aspects of bus operations on the BRTS corridor. On Tuesday, AJL ran a bus along the bus corridor …

Metro blasts tunnel but ridge is safe

NEW DELHI: Racing against time and faced with the task of protecting the central ridge at all costs, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has carved out a 680-metre long tunnel under the ridge using innovative technology. The tunnel's final wall was broken on Monday. Unlikeall the other underground Delhi Metro …

New civic body chief promises greener city, better mass transport, speedy work

Pune Mass transportation for the city and environment top the agenda of Mahesh Zagade, who took over as the new commissioner of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday. Zagade said his priority would be to focus on developing Pune

Metro rail is a popular promise in Coimbatore city

K.V. Prasad TALL PROMISE: The metro train network seems to be the common link in the campaign of almost all parties in Coimbatore. COIMBATORE: In the race for getting popular with the city

Naik, Patkar take up cudgels for Metro rail project-affected

MUMBAI: Former Union minister Ram Naik and National Alliance of People's Movements leader Medha Patkar have come out strongly against the displacement of thousands of families from Laljipada in Charkop which is to be acquired for a carshed for Mumbai Metro's second line from Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra. On …

A thousand suggestions for a single Metro corridor

Mumbai * We have been living in the area for nearly three decades now. We run businesses here and now the government wants to raze it for a metro car shed at Charkop. We cannot allow this. * Limited open spaces cannot be occupied by overhead metro, when underground metro …

Plan for Metro phase 2 by Aug

S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore, DH News Service: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is going ahead with phase 2 of the project, progress being made in phase 1 notwithstanding. Sources in

Greens protest metro entering Yamuna floodplain

NEW DELHI: While constructing the Yamuna Bank station on the river bed, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had taken into account all environmental concerns. According to DMRC, the Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, conducted a study and the Yamuna Standing Committee gave clearance after which construction was under …

State govt should explore alternative options for Metro

Federation of Jayanagar Residents' Associations had organised a spot inspection to clear doubts on the Metro Rail project on Nanda Road, here on Saturday. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) managing director N Sivasailam and Jayanagar MLA B N Vijayakumar joined the inspection to clarify apprehension on the number of …

Brakes on tree felling

The division bench headed by Justice N Kumar directed the BMRCL not to fell trees along both Lalbagh as well as the Lakshman Rao Park boulevard, where the metro rail alignment is planned. The High Court has directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) not to fell trees along …

Maytas board to discuss Hyd metro project next week

VED JAINThe Maytas Infrastructure board is scheduled to meet next week to evaluate the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro project. The six-member board, with majority of directors nominated by the government, is evaluating the various aspects of the prestigious project, including land acquisition and financial closure. Chairman K Ramalingam (the government-nominated …

Protect trees in Lalbagh, demands Hasiru Usiru

Hasiru Usiru had earlier lodged a complaint with Siddapura police against 'Namma Metro' authorities on Monday, for tree-felling activities. Hasiru Usiru, the green NGO has made a representation to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South, Krishna Bhat and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jayanagar, Ramesh Chandra on Tuesday, to protect public …

Fuel cess in the pipeline to oil Delhis Metro wheels

DELHI may impose a special cess on petrol and diesel to raise money for expanding the Metro rail network in the Capital ahead of next year

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