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 …
Noting that an efficient transport system was ‘critical’ for orderly growth of cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government has decided to support preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Metro rail in all 19 cities with a population of over two million. Laying the foundation for …
Needs many factors to be sorted out at the same time, from the Naxal threat to poor rail links. This year will possibly see higher coal production in India because it has sorted out a crippling problem — the last two years’ shortage of railway wagons to ferry coal from …
China's top economic planning agency has approved 25 urban rail projects that could be worth more than 800 billion yuan ($126.98 billion). The National Development and Reform Commission on Wednesday announced the approvals of project plans and feasibility reports for the 25 projects in cities including Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Guangzhou …
Monorail will occupy less space, can be completed comparatively early using pre-fabricated structures: RAAC At a meeting recently, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC) asked the Coimbatore Corporation to take up with the State Government the need for a monorail for the city. A presentation made on the occasion …
Will be directly connected to Noida, Delhi Airport South Delhi’s information technology hub, Nehru Place, is all set to get an additional metro station under Delhi Metro’s Phase-III constructions. The new station is expected to cater to 20,000 commuters every day by 2016. While Nehru Place is currently an important …
The Union Urban Development Ministry wants cities to do more than just express intent to have a metro railway system. The Ministry is annoyed that cities have been limiting their role to submitting a detailed project report and attaching an application for the Centre to approve and fund their metro …
New Delhi The urban development ministry is planning to make amendments in the existing metro railway Act, 2009, to include the private public partnership model into the legislation and also to provide greater autonomy to states planning to create metro transit system in their cities. Presently, the PPP model doesn’t …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this two hundred and thirtieth report on steps taken by various sectors of the Indian economy to control pollution. The Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests decided to review measures taken and being taken by …
Hydrogen-propelled locomotive is the next big thing that the Indian Railways has set its eyes on. The Indian Railways Organisation for Alternate Fuel is in an “advanced stage” to develop a technology for use of hydrogen as a source of fuel for its locomotives, which is part of its greater …
Railway track and stations will be cleaner in the days to come, with the railways deciding to install bio-toilets in all coaches in a phased manner. It, however, cautioned that the success of the project would depend upon the cooperation and discipline of passengers. The decision comes close on the …
KOLKATA, 8 AUG: The state transport department will introduce smart cards for travelling in government-run buses and trams, state transport minister Madan Mitra, said today at Writers’ Buildings. He said introduction of smart cards would reduce the losses of all the transport corporations as printing costs of tickets would come …
New Delhi: With a daily footfall of 44,000, the Sikanderpur Metro station on the HUDA City Centre-Jahangirpuri corridor is an important station on the Yellow line. Now, it’s all set to provide greater connectivity after integration with the Rapid Metro in March next year. A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) …
SHIMLA, 4 AUG: The Indian Railways propose to launch a “green initiative” in several trains in the country, if the recent experiment of introducing coaches “operating on solar based power system” in the Himalayan Queen (in sns photo) ~ the famous toy-train running between Kalka and Shimla ~ becomes successful. …
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday approved changes in the land transfer policy for government- owned land which would help pave the way for fast-tracking pending infrastructure projects. The latest move adds to the efforts of the PMO to kick-start infrastructure projects, crucial to revive growth and boost …
Beijing:As more cities across world opt for metro rail making it the mainstay of urban transportation, Chinese planners have warned that their construction and maintenance turned out to be costlier than space travel. China has spent about $6.1 billion in the last 20 years on its space programme, but that …
Multi-pronged initiatives are envisaged for the India: Hydrocarbon Vision-2025 with principal objectives to: ensure oil security, improve customer service, develop a competitive industry, enhance quality of life, and assure energy security. This report is a modest attempt to track developments that affect the intent of tariff and pricing policy, especially …
Metro Service Hit, Traffic Lights Go On Blink, Taps Run Dry: Worst Outage In 10 Years; 300m Suffer New Delhi:It was a black Monday for nearly a quarter of India’s population as the worst power crisis in almost 10 years led to the northern grid, the largest arterial network for …
A major step to make India open defecation free was taken on Thursday with the ministry of rural development headed by minister Jairam Ramesh joining hands with the ministry of defence under defence minister A.K. Antony to set up bio-digester toilets in 2.4 lakh gram panchayats in India. The technology …
Jairam Ramesh, Union Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister, on Thursday described the Railways as the world’s largest open toilet as his ministry signed an MoU with the Defence Research and Development Organisation to provide 1,000 bio digester toilets to 300 gram panchayats on a pilot basis in the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday asked the state-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) to go ahead with land acquisition for the proposed Angul-Chhendipada-Talcher (A-C-T) railway corridor in the coal belt. The direction in this regard was given to IDCO by chief secretary B K Patnaik at a review meeting …
