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 …
Bus makers and transport companies in an unformed market The city bus wants to change, it wants to keep step with the times. The question is: can the business reinvent itself and make city buses that are convenient and affordable? Till now, buses in India have been trucks, literally. Taking …
A range of financial options to choose from City buses need to be affordable as well as comfortable and efficient. It is well known that bus operations would cost anywhere between Rs 20 per km and Rs 50 per km, depending on the cost of the bus and its operating …
Transport in Indian cities headed the wrong way: ministry After a gap of 14 years, the Union Ministry of Urban Development commissioned a study on the state of transport in Indian cities. The data showed Indian cities sinking deeper into a spiral of congestion and air pollution
The first monorail corridor in the country will finally see the light of day, but at a cost higher than what was expected. The executive committee of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) gave the green signal to the of 19.5km corridor from Jacob Circle to Chembur. Initially, the …
Pune, October 16 After developing the road from Airport to Balewadi, the Pune Municipal Corporation is all set to introduce Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the route.
Mumbai, October 15 The highest body of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday cleared the proposal for a nine km monorail connecting Bandra-Kurla complex and Bandra railway station. This project will address the growing demands of a better transportation service in the business district. The monorail route …
Bangalore, DHNS: Congress MLA for Sarvagnanagar, K J George, has urged Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa not to alter the design of the six stations of Metro Rail coming up in various parts of the City. In a letter, he said the design for the six stations were finalised after …
Chief Urban Planner of CMDA S.Santhanam (second from left), releasing a book on application of geomatics in urban transportation planning and management at St.Peter
Lucknow: The dream of Lucknow to have a metro rail has inched a bit closer towards reality. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), after conducting an initial feasibility study, has sought the state government approval for preparing a detailed project report (DPR) on the proposed project. LDA vice-chairman, Mukesh Meshram …
By S Praveen Dhaneshkar, DH News Service, Bangalore: Despite Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa emphatically stating that Namma Metro is on track and would be completed by December 2010, the construction activity on Reach One (M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium/Anil Kumle circle to Byappanahalli) appears to have slowed down... And who …
Public transport systems in cities in India are largely bus-based and operated by public agencies. The performance of these organisations on the financial front has been rather wanting. Several reasons
In this State of the Nation report the Institution of Civil Engineers sets out a 10 step plan which offers a solution to the transport problems facing the UK. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) envisages major transport changes in the UK by 2020.