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 …
Ahmedabad: The ambitious BRTS project is the sole silver lining in the city's mass transport history. Not only will it drive some sense into the mass transport network, but would also make bus travel more respectable for commuters. One of the main features of the BRTS is that one could …
Ahmedabad : If you were to use your car on the carriageway alongside BRTS, whenever it is launched, you might have to pay for parking. Free parking will soon be a dream. Transport reforms being worked out under the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru …
Mission Under Urban Development Ministry Seeks To Boost Public Transport Owning and using private vehicles could become a lot tougher if proposals made by the National Action Plan on Climate Change are implemented. Alarmed by the burgeoning growth of private vehicles in Indian cities and the resultant rise in fuel …
Gandhinagar : The state has won four national awards in different fields of governance infrastructure , non conventional energy generation, e-governance and public transport. Gujarat Infrastructure Board (GIDB) has been given international audit agency KPMG's Infrastructure Today award for 2008 for outstanding and admirable work in the field of infrastructure …
NEW DELHI: With the urban population set to double in the next 25 years, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said on Friday that the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is a must for all cities as it is their future. In case of …
Walking is the most ancient mode of transport but in this automobile age, walking is often the most neglected mode. There is a tendency to underestimate the pedestrian infrastructure needs when compared to the needs of the motorists. The situation has come to such a state that daily at least …
Accelerating climate change poses a danger to the future health, safety, and livelihoods of people worldwide. Especially vulnerable are those who live in poverty. Rapid economic expansion in Asia and the Pacific has brought substantial benefits to the region
The Ministry of Urban Development is the nodal Ministry for planning and coordination of Urban Transport matters at the central level. Urban Transport is not defined in the Constitution as a separate subject and the allocation of subjects between Central and State List is mode-wise. However, since Urban Transport is …
This paper begins with an exposition and interpretation of the welfare optimum, defined in neoclassical economic theory as a heuristic device and a guide to policy, rather than as a description of the real world. In this view, a dynamic real-world economy is necessarily at variance with Walrasian equilibrium
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. It observes that the exploding cities. Observes that at current median household levels in these cities the rate of growth for two wheelers has slowed down and rate of growth of cars is increasing rapidly. This study …
This strategic framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. The WBG recognizes the very complex political process toward long-term cooperative action within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The framework will …
AHMEDABAD : In the coming week, the Ahmedabad Municipal Tranport Service (AMTS) would install Global Positioning System (GPS) in 200 buses both owned by AMTS and private buses. But a key factor that has been ignored in the process is the safety of operation of buses on city roads. Though …
Mumbai Project is further delayed as MMRDA is still to get a report from the consultants it had roped in The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
Mumbai The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has asked the World Bank for a loan of Rs 1,900 crore to carry out work for phase II of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). Phase I of the project is already in its final stage. Phase II of the project comprises …
By Sreshta and Krithika,DH News Services,Bangalore: The global economic slump and high interest rates on automobile loans might have dampened the sales of two and four-wheelers, but in Namma Bengaluru, vehicles continue to flood the roads. According to statistics available from the RTO, nearly 100 people apply for driving licences …
KOCHI: The construction of flyovers will not help reduce the traffic congestion in the city. Instead, the administration should improve the public transport system and encourage the people to use it, said Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota in Germany. Penalosa, who is also an expert in public transport system, …
