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 …
Dug up roads, rows of barricades, traffic diversions and slow vehicular movement, if this explains the state of many roads in the city where metro railway is scheduled to pass though, the scene will be drastically different when the gleaming carriages roll out on its tracks. The Delhi Metro Rail …
The Delhi Transport Department failed to realise more than Rs.32 crore as charges for mandatory fitness checking for renewal of registration of commercial vehicles during 2006-07. It also put the lives of the citizens in danger with nearly one lakh vehicles plying without valid fitness certificates. According to the report …
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has decided to increase the number of Chinese-made King Long buses. The fleet which was introduced last year has gained popularity among commuters, according to the undertaking. Currently lying before the BEST committee, the proposal states that the 50 buses with air …
By taking a case study from Chennai, this paper qualitatively assess pedestrian environment in an institutional zone. Techniques for assessing pedestrian facilities are discussed before undertaking evaluation of the pedestrian environment. Through this evaluation of pedestrian amenities and the quality of the pedestrian environment, the authors reveal serious shortcomings.
Zarqa City faces a major problem in its urban planning and design. Four main obstacles surround the city. From the north the location of heavy industry such as the Jordanian Refinery, the thermal plant for producing electricity and the purification unit to treat the wastes of the capital Amman and …
Traffic conditions in most of the cities are very chaotic and crucial, this is particularly observed in million plus cities. As the urbanization process takes momentum, these problems crop up due to the lack of commensurate development of infrastructure, particularly roads, road transport and inadequate public transport system. Weak public …
Man guilty of pooh-poohing all air pollution charges finally admits something is wrong Wednesday was a watershed. For, the man guilty of slamming the brakes on every move to convert polluting vehicles in town showed the first signs of being converted himself (see graphic). It happened during a closed-door meeting …
The chaos on the roads points to the alarming fallout of the huge rise in vehicle population. Pedestrians, the bulk of the urban poor, are affected most of all. Traffic snarls. Bad roads, bad road users and bad planning. The writing on the wall is clear, but what should be …
The High Court admitted a PIL filed by CMH Shops and Establishments and Residents Association challenging the very commissioning of the Metro Rail project. The High Court on Thursday admitted a PIL filed by CMH Shops and Establishments and Residents' Association challenging the very commissioning of the Metro Rail project. …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA), constituted by the State government under the framework of National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), has accorded approval to the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan (CTTP) for the City. Gaurab Gupta, Commissioner for Urban Land Transport, said the CTTP envisages an investment of Rs …
25 With just a week left for the Bus Rapid Transit System to open for the public, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit went for an early morning spin on the corridor today. The CM said she found some "glitches' on the corridor and made a slew of recommendations to her officers, …
A few months away from elections and hurtling towards the Commonwealth games deadline of 2010, the Delhi government has in its 2008-09 Budget made an unprecedented 41% hike in the allocation for the transport sector
For thousands of people who commute between Delhi and Ghaziabad daily, the wait for an efficient and comfortable mode of transport will be over by September 2010. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) signed an agreement on Monday for extension of the Delhi Metro …
Planning Commission recommends Rs 10,000 crore The Planning Commission today recommended the annual plan size of the National Capital Territory of Delhi at Rs 10,000 crore, a whopping Rs. 1000 crore more than the existing plan, and asked the Sheila Dikshit government to give an increased impetus to the Yamuna …
The vehicle population of the city has risen from 13.53 lakh in 2006 to 14.76 lakh in 2007 and now stands at over 16 lakh. With used cars dealers ensuring that vehicle owners have a ready avenue to get rid of their old vehicles and go in for new models, …
Indicating its disgruntlement with the public-private partnership route for major infrastructure projects, the state government on Wednesday agreed to constitute the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, to be modelled after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Following a meeting with DMRC chief E Sreedharan on Wednesday, the government announced that the to-be-constituted …
Despite expectations, the only major sops in the state budget for Mumbaiites is an increased FSI in the suburbs and the announcement that all the corridors of the Mumbai Metro rail project would be up and running in eight years. Also, MHADA colonies will be granted an FSI of 2.5 …
Games preparations in full swing: L-G NEW DELHI: With the Delhi Assembly elections due later this year, the address of Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on the first day of the Budget session on Monday highlighted the achievements of the Delhi Government, stating that the progress in the last one year on …
