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 …
CITY ON THE MOVE Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The next hot destination for real estate developers will mean Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). Literally. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will prioritise construction of malls, multiplexes and even residential quarters along BRTS corridor. The reason is simple
As the Capital gears up for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Metro is all set to bring most of the venues on its map. With nearly 25 to 57 per cent work completed on all routes, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is confident of providing easy connectivity to 10 out …
CITY ON THE MOVE TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: On Friday afternoon, a prototype of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) glided noiselessly into the swanky GMDC bus stop on a trial run. Blame it on high expectations, deadline pressures or steel price rise, Ahmedabad
The State Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for extending Metro Rail by 0.6 kms from Jaraganahalli to Puttenahalli at a cost of Rs 681 crore. This also includes three more metro stations at Banashankari, J P Nagar and Puttenahalli, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Shobha Karandlaje told …
NOTHING SWEET ABOUT THIS JAM Ahmedabad: If you are stuck in a traffic jam on SG Road and are putting the blame solely on traffic police, your criticism could be misplaced. There are at least 15 agencies of Central and state government taking decisions on their own at various levels …
Transport minister Subhas Chakraborty today pulled out yet another plan from his hat to dodge the deadline to ban two-stroke autos from the streets of Calcutta. A high court order bans them from January 1. Although Chakraborty said the government would implement the July 18 order, he promised an escape …
This note is written to generate to stimulate a more comprehensive discussion on how Asia can respond to the growth in CO2 emissions from its transport sector. This note is written to generate to stimulate a more comprehensive discussion on how Asia can respond to the growth in CO2 emissions …
This paper by CAI-Asia recaptures highlights of 2008 related to urban transportation, air quality, and climate change. Summarizes some of the significant events, news, issues of 2008 for policy makers, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders working on SUT issues in Asia. Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective,can be considered …
This report was designed to analyze the traffic safety situation in India, and to identify countermeasures for areas in which the total harm caused by crashes can be substantially and readily reduced. The report focuses on two aspects of traffic safety in India: challenges and opportunities. The first part of …
This paper is an analysis of challenges faced by the transport sector and discusses the key issues of sustainability, resource optimization, and climate change. Affordability, transportation equity, and environmental sustainability are some of the key issues discussed in the paper. As the personal incomes in the People
An efficient, effective, eco-and consumer-friendly Urban Transportation-without which cities can become immobile-is the need of the country in this century. If the look and feel of public transport is not improved substantially and on an urgent basis across various cities; to a level that it can be sold to public …
Provision of adequate infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustained growth of economy and inherent to such growth is the need to ensure cost-effective movement of people and goods. An efficient road infrastructure is therefore an essential requirement. Over the successive five year plans, investment in road infrastructure has been increasing …
The Union Ministry of Urban Development has now evolved a system for evaluating urban transport services in cities across India. All cities covered by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) have been advised to benchmark their level of services for various parameters specified by the ministry. The parameters …
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. These indicators are reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an …
The state government is taking us for a ride. In polluting autorickshaws at that, as no agency in the state is authorised to carry out conversion of in-use vehicles to LPG. On July 18, Calcutta High Court had given the government two broad tasks
Pune Tells civic body to seek public opinion on non-motorised transport component The Centre has expressed satisfaction over the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) pilot project, struggling for completion since its 2006 launch. But the World Bank (WB), which is funding the non-motorised transport (NMT) part of the BRTS, has …
New Delhi: In a clear sign that the government means business with its National Action Plan on Climate Change, the urban development ministry has been asked to put strong targets and deadlines in its urban habitat mission. TOI had reported that the urban development ministry had prepared a plan asking …
Directs removal of all hindrances Chief Minister travels by a bus during the visit RITES asked to create more space for traffic NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday inspected the Bus Rapid Transit corridor entire stretch from Ambedkar Nagar to Delhi Gate along with senior Delhi Governmnt …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will on Friday visit the Bus Rapid Transit corridor in South Delhi along with all the senior officers, architects and planners associated with the project to get a first hand account of the problems being faced by the people and …
