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 …
From Friday, Will Extend To Jehangirpuri New Delhi: The much-awaited Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar Metro line will be opened to public at 3pm on September 3. With this, Delhi Metro
New Delhi: Twenty-five more swine flu cases were reported in the national capital, officials from the health department told mediapersons on Monday. This brings the total number of cases of H1N1 influenza in the city to 197 this year and a total of 9,895 cumulative cases from May 2009.
Shuttle Services To Metro Stations Likely To Save 20% Of Transport CostPramugdha Mamgain & Mahima Puri NEW DELHITOP business process outsourcing firms with operations in Delhi-NCR may do away with day-cab services to ferry their employees between Delhi and Gurgaon after metro rail services connected the two cities, to cut …
PUNE’S civic authorities are moving ahead with the metro rail project. City mayor Mohansingh Rajpal has announced December 12 as the date for laying the project’s foundation stone even as city planners questioned the need for the expensive transport system. A public hearing organised on June 18 to get people’s …
The Delhi Metro will be in a position to carry about two lakh additional commuters on Line 3 and 4 (Yamuna Bank-Anand Vihar) before the Commonwealth Games, as 12 more trains will be pressed into service on these corridors within the next two months. Currently, Metro carries about 6,75,000 people …
The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday decided in principle that the proposed Jaipur Metro Rail project should be implemented as a public-private partnership model. Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said work on the first phase, costing about Rs 1,250 crore, would taken up by Jaipur …
MUMBAI: The new Siemens-MRVC purple and white rakes may just earn the city its first carbon credits for transport. And, the new swanky rakes would be second only to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to earn credits in the country. On Thursday, a three-member carbon credit validation team from the United …
Metro projects can ease congestion in Indian cities. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. This special Down To Earth report demands integration of Metro with buses and pedestrian paths. To know more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20100415&filename;=news&sid;=22&sec;_id=9 See Also Report: Estimated …
Delhi Metro’s popularity has increased since it started running the first stretch between Shahdara and Tis Hazari in December 2002. From 20,000 commuters a day to the one million daily commuters now. And the number is set to double by the end of the year, said Anuj Dayal, chief public …
Metro trains in Delhi have four coaches and a maximum capacity of 1,400 commuters. The frequency of trains ranges from 5 minutes during peak hours to 25 minutes on some corridors. Overcrowding is turning out to be a major problem, primarily during rush hour. The major intersection stations— Rajiv Chowk …
Sonika Gupta, 29, who lives in Delhi’s Geeta Colony troubles her husband every morning to drop her to Yamuna Bank Metro Station on his motorbike; there is no bus service to the station, which is four km from her house. An auto rickshaw ride costs her Rs 60 per trip. …
Computing profit and loss of Metro projects is tricky. Such projects all over the world are known for running into a loss. These capital-intensive projects cost between Rs 110 crore and 210 crore per km of elevated corridors. Cost of underground Metro is three times. There are over 130 projects …
OUR understanding of Indian cities— their history, geography, sociology, politics— is seriously limited. At the time of its Independence, India was primarily a rural country. The government invested heavily in understanding rural India. Take the case of the adivasis. The government assigned sociologists and anthropologists to understand the Scheduled Tribes; …
KOCHI: The State Government has given sanction to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to do the preparatory works for the commencement of work of the Kochi Metro Rail. The order was issued in the wake of DMRC's proposal to start the Rs 158.68-crore preparatory work for Kochi Metro. The …
New Delhi: In a heated meeting at Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) on Wednesday over a parking lot coming up opposite Delhi High Court, the commission has asked DMRC to protect a Lodi-period monument at the site with the assistance of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and pay for …
There seems to be no end to the trouble surrounding the proposed multi-level parking lot at the Delhi High Court. After the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
