Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has had to scale down the specifications for buses run under its flagship programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), to bridge the gap in demand and supply. On Wednesday, a senior official of the Ministry said unlike the accent on …
After a prolonged slide, the price of each well below a euro, a 95% fall in 4 years, with no relief in sight With the price of carbon credits continuing to slide in the global markets and the first commitment period for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM, under which carbon …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been awarded the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award for 2012 for its outstanding contribution to the development of human resources, society and economy of India and also for promoting mutual understanding between India and Japan. At a function organised at Metro Bhawan …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asserted here on Wednesday that the Kochi Metro Rail Project would be executed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in association with E. Sreedharan in three years. The Chief Minister said he had held talks with Mr. Sreedharan (former Managing Director of DMRC) that there was …
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will conduct a techno-economic feasibility study of the proposed elevated monorail system in the city. An official source today told The Telegraph that the GMDA has submitted a proposal to the state government seeking Rs 1 crore for conducting the feasibility study. “After getting …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may land two plum infrastructure projects in Kerala this year. These are the R5,099-crore and R1,991-crore monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. The state government has formed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called the Kerala Monorail Corporation to speed up the implementation of …
Gurgaon:Though limited to a small area, Gurgaon inched towards having its own metro rail on Tuesday when Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda flagged off trial run of the 5.1 km Rapid Metro network. It connects Sikandarpur Metro station of DMRC with Cyber City, business district of Gurgaon. Once it …
Leading lights of the ongoing Delhi Master Plan-2021 review led by Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna and Delhi Urban Arts Commission chairman Raj Rewal discussed and debated the implications and suggestions to be incorporated in the finalised plan at a workshop here on Monday. Other prominent …
Metro rail projects are currently under implementation in seven cities Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said metro rail projects would start in 19 cities, which have a population of more than 2 million. Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Kochi Metro project here, Singh said, “We have …
The first train for Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro arrived in the city on Wednesday. The three coaches, which will make up a train set, started their journey from the manufacturing unit in Shanghai on July 22 and arrived in Mumbai port on August 14. Rapid Metro officials are watching the weather …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) request for land at Millennium Park near Nizamuddin Bridge, for construction of entry and exit structures of the Sarai Kale Khan station, has not gone down well with Delhi Development Authority (DDA). According to sources, the land agency has raised objections to construction of some …
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 …
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 …
New Delhi: The phase III of the Delhi Metro will come at a price. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which will be adding 103km to the existing network, plans to fell down 14,701 trees for the project. Not surprisingly, the proposal has met with stiff resistance from the forest department …
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 …
After approving the Delhi monorail project last week, the Union Urban Development Ministry has asked the Delhi government to “think bigger” and plan a network of at least 14 monorail projects within the next decade. The monorail network is aimed at facilitating public transport in areas inaccessible by Metro and …
New Delhi: The monorail project looks set to move into high gear with the Delhi Metro having started work on the revised detailed project report. The work on 10.8kmlong Phase I of the monorail, which will run from Shastri Park to Trilokpuri, will start by next year, a DMRC official …
The elevated stretch of the Metro extension connecting Delhi outskirts to Bahadurgarh in Haryana, will pave the way for the much-sought-after development in the area, said officials. The 11.1-km Metro line will traverse the largely uninhabited locations of the two states and will help connect the various cities in the …
The Union Government on Tuesday approved extension of the Delhi Metro from Mundka to Bahadurgarh in Haryana. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony here. Construction on the 11.182- km-long route would commence later this year. …
