Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gaurav Sharma Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/07/2023. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), July 3, 2023 said that all government hospitals in India should have an environment management plan to tackle all sources of pollution in …
MUMBAI: Bumper-to-bumper traffic in Mumbai is not only pushing up citizens' frustration levels, it is also increasing vehicular emissions on key routes in the city by 33% to 75% during peak traffic hours. A study prepared by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) which will be released on Thursday …
Concessionaire had failed to comply with orders In a significant development, a Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday restrained the Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited ( DGSCL) from collecting toll tax on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway for 15 days. The Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh …
Google Maps has introduced live traffic updates and voice navigation in India. There were rumours on Tuesday that voice navigation would come ‘any time’ after a Google video explaining voice navigation went live. Though the video was pulled out later, the buzz about voice navigation continued. At present, it looks …
The North Municipal Corporation will build three new multilevel underground parking lots in the Walled City area, which has some of the most congested and busiest markets in the Capital. Church Mission Road will get a parking lot adjacent to the existing facility in Fatehpuri. “The corporation has a 6,000-square-metre …
This is a discussion on the article “Delhi Metro Rail: Beyond Mass Transit” by Pritpal Randhawa (EPW, 21 April 2012). The author basically argues that gentrification is the main motivation for the introduction of a Mass Rapid Transit System in Delhi, because the metro has neither been successful in achieving …
Automotive technology: Driverless cars promise to reduce road accidents, ease congestion and revolutionise transport IN AN average month 108,000 people are killed in traffic accidents around the world, and the death toll is increasing. On current trends it will exceed 150,000 people a month by 2020, according to the World …
New Delhi: In less than a decade, 14 monorails will be running through the city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit announced on Tuesday. Dikshit said the Union urban development ministry had approved of the plan. “The ministry has suggested that we go ahead with plan to improve the city’s transport network. …
Uniform parking rates across Delhi and higher charges for surface parking as against multi-level parking are some of the suggestions that have been cleared “in-principle” by all stakeholders at a meeting convened at the office of the Lieutenant Governor on August 16. At present, civic agencies have no uniform rate …
‘Lack of infrastructure hampering economic growth’ The government’s policy is to usher in development in the State without trampling on the environment and integrate both, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. He was inaugurating a two-day national seminar on ‘Transport Vision Kerala 2030’ organised by the National Transportation Planning and …
Asia must act now to pave the way for green, resource-friendly cities or face a bleak and environmentally degraded future, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. “Asia has seen unprecedented urban population growth but this has been accompanied by immense stress on the environment,” said ADB’s Chief Economist …
Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday called a meeting of all stakeholders to draw a consensus on “substantially increasing” parking charges in the city in a bid to reduce congestion in the available parking lots. Chief Secretary P K Tripathi is learnt to have suggested the need for optimising the surface …
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 …
New Delhi: Delhi and Haryana have proposed a four-lane road from Dwarka to Dhansa-Badli-Jhajjar to de-congest traffic on National Highway 8. The proposed 25.1km road would be an alternative route for IGI Airport to traffic coming from Jhajjar, Badli and Najafgarh. While the Delhi government will construct only 7.1km, Haryana …
The fundamental challenge facing Karachi is a disorganised, ill-coordinated institutional and governance framework with substantial capacity deficits, according to a recent study assessing the city’s vulnerability to possible climate change impacts. The 65-page study, Karachi city climate change adaptation strategy a road map, is conducted by Shehri-Citizens for a Better …
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 …
New Delhi: The study commissioned by the urban development ministry has found that some of the reasons for traffic congestion in the city are narrow roads, encroachments, on-street parking, bad road and intersection design and improper signal phasing. Unallocated and unauthorized stopping of buses and unorganized operations of mixed traffic …
Polluted air, mainly due to vehicular smoke, burning of garbage and very low tree plantation, is increasing respiratory diseases in Karachi, therefore, urgent steps are needed to check the worsening situation. Vehicular smoke is the number one cause of the growing air pollution in Karachi, causing serious environmental loss to …
Power, Water Elude New Market As Master Plan Called It Green Zone & MCD Didn’t Know. By habit, 60-year-old Vijay Kumar reaches his shop by 11am. But without water or electricity for the past three years, he has been forced to start business late in the evening. Kumar says ever …
New Delhi: Hours after the CRRI report criticizing the BRT corridor became public on Tuesday, the Delhi government had rushed to the Supreme Court filing a special leave petition but failed to secure any relief. Upset with the findings, the government approached the apex court, arguing against mixed traffic usage …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said 14 other proposed bus rapid transport (BRT) corridors, which were to come up in different locations in the city, have been put on hold. This comes after the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) submitted a report to the Delhi High Court on Monday …
