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 …
Bombardier Transportation said on Monday that it has received an order for 76 additional Bombardier Movia metro cars, a follow-up on the order for 114 vehicles announced last year, from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The contract is valued at approximately US $120 million and Bombardier is expected to begin …
“Can you buy a house without paying for it?” asks Indian Institute of Technology professor Dinesh Mohan talking about the “subsidy” being offered to private vehicle owners for parking their vehicles in the Capital. According to a recent international survey carried out by real estate company Colliers International, parking rates …
New Delhi: In a bid to decrease its carbon footprint and to conserve groundwater, Delhi Metro plans to have rainwater harvesting system in every station in the third phase. A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson said, “The system will be used to replenish the groundwater table in areas where …
With the Delhi Metro announcing a hike in existing parking charges for its parking lots in accordance with prevalent civic agency rates from this week, regular commuters who use the Metro Smart Card have a reason to rejoice. The DMRC will offer monthly parking passes to genuine metro commuters, whose …
New Delhi: If you’ve been parking your car at a Metro station, get ready to fork out more. Delhi Metro, which has received complaints of people misusing its parking, has finally decided to act. From this Thursday (September 1), only regular Metro users who have smart cards, are being given …
Work on Delhi Metro’s Phase III project has finally taken off, with the first upcoming corridor from Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate being expedited in parts and targeted for a mid-2015 completion. Construction work on the stretch from Central Secretariat to Mandi House has already begun while tenders for the …
E. Sreedharan spoke to BW on urban transportation and the way forward for a country that is urbanising at a frenetic pace Most people take life easy after retirement. But Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, 79, has been on the job since he retired from the Indian Railways in 1990. The managing director …
E. Sreedharan spoke to BW on urban transportation and the way forward for a country that is urbanising at a frenetic pace Most people take life easy after retirement. But Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, 79, has been on the job since he retired from the Indian Railways in 1990. The managing director …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday claimed that the Delhi Government has achieved its target of planting one million saplings under the “Plant a million saplings” campaign which started on July 23. Ms. Dikshit made the announcement while initiating a plantation drive at Asola Wildlife Sanctuary where one lakh …
With vehicular parking becoming an issue in most Indian cities, the need of the hour is to have a well-defined parking policy, increasing parking charges, providing better public transport options and balance on-street and off-street parking. These were among the suggestions made by experts at a conference on “Parking reforms …
The civil construction work of Delhi Metro’s phase-III would begin in November this year after the DMRC received the Centre’s nod for the upcoming projects on Tuesday. According to Delhi Metro, the work will start with lowering of the Tunnel Boring Machine on the Central Secretariat-Kashmere Gate section in November. …
New Delhi: The proposals to extend Metro Rail from Badarpur to YMCA in Faridabad and from Mundka to Bahadurgarh were cleared at the meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) held in the capital on Tuesday evening. At the meeting chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, it was decided that out …
Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Dr. E. Sreedharan along with his team toured various spots of Bhopal city today and explored possibilities of running a metro train here. Executive Director (Civil) of DMRC Shri S.D. Sharma, traffic specialist Shri Mukhopadhyay and OSD (Transport) of Urban Administration Department Shri Kamal …
It's a good news for the residents of Bhopal and Indore as they the Metro Man has given his green signal for the Metro projects in these two cities. Bhopalites who counter with heavy traffic at every nook and corner of the city have a reason to smile as Managing …
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has rated the DMRC's implementation of its first phase of construction as excellent in a study conducted recently. The study rated Delhi Metro's project execution effort at '3', which is the highest possible grade indicating that the performance of DMRC was excellent. The JICA …
Delhi Metro's third phase will put an end to the travelling woes of lakhs of commuters, but the construction work for it will, by its own admission, kill around 11,500 trees on a 108-km stretch in the Capital. However, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials are of the opinion that …
New Delhi: The execution of the first phase of the Delhi Metro has won accolades from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the funding partners of the Delhi Metro network. In a report compiled by a research agency on behalf of JICA, the Delhi Metro phase I project was found …
While large-scale construction activities have gone on in its active flood plains, river Yamuna is facing further encroachment as part of the upcoming phase-III projects of Delhi Metro. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will be constructing two train maintenance depots in the flood plains of Yamuna at Mayur Vihar …
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has rated the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) implementation of its first phase of construction as excellent in a study conducted recently. The study rated the Delhi Metro's project execution effort at three, which is the highest possible grade indicating that the performance of …
weta Dutta With the Delhi Metro all set to begin construction work on Phase III and the agency having learnt its lessons from the previous phases, officials look to cause minimal inconvenience to residents in the Capital. Be it traffic movement or noise and air pollution, the Delhi Metro, following …
