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 traditional non-politics of Indian cities is confronted by rapid urbanization THERE are signs that urban India is discovering politics after a long interval. City after congested city is demanding funds for new, comfortable buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Municipal managers see a clear political advantage …
Mumbai: Even as the railways grapple to complete the Phase-I of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), work for the Phase-II has already got underway. This phase involves laying of the fifth and sixth lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM) and Kurla, as well as Thane and Diva and the …
CHENNAI: Buoyed by the success of the Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in few Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses, the corporation has decided to expand the facility in more number of buses plying on the arterial Anna Salai and Poonamallee High Roads in the city. Briefing newspersons at a press …
The Mono Rail project is an answer to the growing transportation needs of Bangalore, and is on par with the Citys technological status, said Managing Director of the Geodesic Techniques Srinidhi Anantharaman at a presentation to engineers here on Wednesday. Addressing a group of engineers at the Institute of Engineers …
Recently, many people use automobiles more than necessary. In local cities especially, the modal share of automobiles is overwhelmingly high. Furthermore, such cities are becoming automobile-dependent. It is necessary to restrain this tendency in consideration of future social needs. For this study, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey of Toyota …
The present study examined the relationship between urban land use and car transportation. The results derived from applications of the structural equations modeling revealed that suburbanization directly caused a proportional increase in car ownership and construction of roads, and in turn, indirectly increased the carbon dioxide emissions from cars. This …
This information sheet analyses the trends in passenger transport in Australia's eight capital cities over the period 1977 to 2008. Although car travel continues to dominate travel in cities, urban public transport has accounted for much of the growth in travel from 2004 to 2008. There are large differences between …
This policy brief calls for investment of 1% of global GDP in energy efficiency of buildings, renewable energy, sustainable transport, ecological infrastructure and sustainable agriculture.According to this, investing about US$750 billion of stimulus monies in the green economy could aid recovery from the economic downturn, create jobs, address poverty, promote …
Bangalore has traditionally been strong on voluntary initiative and this has spawned a new public private partnership venture to come to grips with the city's intractable problems. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Karnataka and prominent NGO Janaagraha have taken the lead to form Bangalore City Connect. The thought …
The Government of India has formulated a National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006 which seeks to work out an approach for dealing with the rapidly growing problem of Urban Transport as also to offer a clear direction and framework for future action in the area of Urban Transport. The policy …
New Delhi: With the growing ridership, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has decided to feed the first consignment of 620 coaches (131 trains) into the existing lines, which will increase the frequency of trains on the Blue and Red Lines by June.
Mumbai: With an aim to generate funds through development of Metro rail stations on the second Metro corridor, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) are undertaking a pilot study on the impact of commercial utilisation in and around one station along the …
If the words of state urban development minister Babulal Gaur are to be believed, Metro trains are not a distant dreams, at least for the cities of Indore and Bhopal, two largest cities of Madhya Pradesh. Gaur in his maiden visit to Indore today after assuming the charge of the …
Kolkata may run faster than it usually does in a few years from now, thanks to the Central clearance to the East-West Metro Railway project, the work for which will begin some time early April. Besides, other similar mass rapid transport systems like two ring roads, including an elevated one …
Mumbai: The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has made an advance payment of Rs 9.8 crore to Tata power for producing electricity for the much awaited phase II of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). According to Prakash Rao Vazalwar, chief operations manager, MRVC, of the Rs 13 crore which …
Dario Hidalgo, transport expert with the Washington-based World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, has done an in-depth assessment of the Delhi BRT. Says the Delhi BRT has succeeded in meeting some of its key objectives, though it is still in an evolving phase. It has a lot of promise …
