Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Almost 11 months after the Delhi Cabinet approved a major Rs.3,015 crore road project, covering a total distance of 24.60 km from Vikaspuri in West Delhi to Wazirabad in North Delhi, for providing intersection-free travel along the corridor, the Public Works Department board is all set to take up final …
Unable to find a concrete solution to curb the recurring fatal road accidents, which have claimed 4,500 lives in the last four years, the Roads and Buildings (R&B;) Department has decided to approach the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving the conditions of roads in hilly areas of the state. …
Dikshit releases Delhi Statistical Handbook, says city an attractive destination for all. With more than 5 lakh vehicles added to the roads in the last year, Delhi recorded the biggest jump ever in motor vehicle registrations. But as the number of vehicles increased, no significant change in road length was …
New Delhi: The recent covering of smog over Delhi has brought the two delayed peripheral expressways around the capital back on the table. Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Protection and Control Authority (EPCA) Bhure Lal has sought highways minister C P Joshi’s intervention to expedite the twin projects. Lal …
New Delhi: The Haryana government is working out details of its ambitious plan to buy out the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway from the private concessionaire as a way to end traffic jams on the toll plaza. In an exclusive interview with TOI, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the state wanted …
Score For Being Environment Friendly But Cops, Some Experts See Chaos Risha Chitlangia TNN New Delhi: The Delhi government’s plan to promote non-motorised transport in the city, especially on arterial roads, has road safety experts and city planners divided. While traffic police and transport experts argue that a dedicated corridor …
New Delhi: Come Monday, parking a vehicle on an arterial road will invite a fine of Rs 600 with additional towing charges. Observing that a large number of vehicles are parked on thoroughfares like Ring Road and Connaught Place roads, traffic cops have decided to slap multiple sections of the …
New Delhi: The Vasant Vihar RWA has dashed off a letter to Delhi’s PWD minister, Raj Kumar Chauhan, saying that it was “distressed” to learn that the lieutenant governor had asked for examination of an alternative to the PWD’s plan to build a three-lane flyover parallel to the existing flyover …
Chandigarh/Gurgaon: Regular tolling is set to resume for private vehicles even during rush hours on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, with the Punjab and Haryana high court lifting the stay on all toll collections on Monday. The orders come into force from 5.30pm on Tuesday. Before lifting the stay, a division bench …
Urban Transport & Congestion Tax May Force Shift To Public Transport New Delhi: The government plans to levy a one-time additional “urban transport tax” on private vehicles to discourage their use in cities and towns that have been contending with the growing rise of four-wheelers over the past few years. …
Other Vehicles Barred From Dedicated Lane, Signalling To Change For Simultaneous Right Turn New Delhi: This weekend, the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will go back to its original state, at least for now. Delhi High Court on Tuesday gave a direction that the traffic flow on the …
Refusing to scrap the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, the Delhi High Court on Monday said it was a positive policy measure that needed a few changes to improve its functioning. The court asked the government to consider two key changes that could reduce congestion around the Chirag Dilli flyover, …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday asked the Delhi government to respond by Tuesday if the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit corridor could be continued with some changes. The new bench hearing the case identified problem areas with the controversial corridor and asked the government if it can …
Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is conducting a thorough survey to identify and reclassify every lane and bylane based on their nature, importance and necessity. The objective of this hair-splitting study, which began a week ago, is to determine the feasible capacity of public streets and take concrete measures to enhance …
DIMTS Says It’s Not Equipped To Handle New Situation; Traffic Cops Insist No One Has Asked Them To Take Up Job New Delhi: Delhi government’s flagship Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid bus transit corridor seems to have been abandoned by the authorities. Weeks after Delhi High Court instructed the government to …
New Delhi: A PIL challenging the BRT corridor was transferred to a fresh bench on Monday. Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri transferred the PIL to another bench, which will now hear the plea seeking permission for cars to use a lane reserved for buses on the corridor. Justice Sikri, …
The Public Works Department of Delhi Government is drawing up a Rs.1,050 crore plan for complete re-development of nearly 825 km of roads that have been transferred to it from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Delhi PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said on Thursday that the plan envisages taking up …
New Delhi: A recent government report has concluded that congestion in urban areas has risen, thanks to the disproportionate increase in road length and vehicular growth. Road length has increased by 3.3% in the past decade, but vehicles have risen by 10%. The latest Basic Road Statistics Report — prepared …
According to this latest Basic Road Statistics Report published by the highways ministry, congestion in urban areas has risen due to the disproportionate increase in road length & vehicular growth. Says that growth of cars in the past decade has surpassed two-wheelers. The 'Basic Road Statistics of India' is a …
