Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

Sheila says will stick with BRT

Notwithstanding the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the BRT corridor in south Delhi, the Delhi government on Tuesday resolved not to scrap it and hinted that it would undertake more such projects. Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi said government was determined to go ahead with the project as the …

Govt to move SC if BRT scrapped

New Delhi: A day after the court-mandated report by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) recommended a non-BRT solution for the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand stretch, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that Delhi government would approach the Supreme Court if the Delhi high court accepts CRRI’s suggestion to scrap the corridor. “Some people …

Vibrations causing problems, CRRI says run trains at 75 kmph

It is not just the bearings of the elevated portion of the Airport Metro Express Line that are troubling the Delhi Metro, another study points to problems with tunnels, that have led to the buildings above developing cracks. After residents of Shahbad Mohammadpur, a residential colony in the vicinity of …

Scrapping BRT best option, says study

Report To HC Backs Mixed Traffic Lanes. After examining various scenarios on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit corridor, the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) has pronounced that “the no-BRT option yields better benefits for this corridor”. It submitted its final report on Monday to the Delhi high court and …

Study junks govt’s BRT logic

Rejects Claim That It Serves Large Number Of Bus Users New Delhi: The Delhi government’s argument for continuing with the bus rapid transit corridor — that it serves a large number of commuters travelling by bus — has been shot down by the report compiled by the Central Road Research …

Govt hell-bent on protecting BRT

Irrespective of drawing severe criticism from every quarter in the city due to its flawed design, the Delhi Government has refused to budge from its avowed stance on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor. Its officials are busy devising ways and means to protect the Corridor, despite the traffic gridlock …

CRRI gets BRT tips, seeks more time

Will Include Suggestions By Several Government Agencies In Its Report New Delhi: Days before the BRT case comes up for hearing, the Central Road Research Institute is flooded with “advice” from the transport department and other government agencies on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit corridor. CRRI, which had been …

BRT mess continues as babus sit on court relief

A week after the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Government to open the BRT corridor for mixed use, the authorities are yet to comply with its order. The traffic on the BRT route continues to flow in the dedicated lane pattern. While the officials of the transport department are …

Allow vehicles in BRT bus lane: HC

The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the city government’s transport department to retain, till its final order, the arrangement that allowed plying of all vehicles in the lane reserved for buses on the BRT corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand Hospital in south Delhi. The division bench of Acting …

BRT for all till we decide, HC tells govt

Let it be reopened, says High Court. The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to allow all vehicles to use the lane reserved for buses on the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor between Amdedkar Nagar and Moolchand in South Delhi. It observed that traffic on the route …

HC admits plea seeking removal of BRT barriers

The Delhi High Court on Thursday will hear a plea against the Delhi Government for its refusal to CRRI’s request to allow mixed vehicle use on the BRT corridor till submission of the final report. The High Court on the basis of CRRI’s interim report had mandated the CRRI with …

Study on BRT: Experts debate CRRI methods

Questions Raised On Surveys Too New Delhi: Almost a month after the Central Road Research Institute submitted an interim report on the revised traffic plan for the BRT corridor, the Delhi government and other transport agencies seem to be questioning the methodology applied for the study. Sources said questions over …

Lovely not keen on implementing HC order

Putting a serious question mark on Delhi government’s sincerity in resolving the issue of BRT mess, Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely was conspicuously absent in the meeting of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and various Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs). The meeting was held at Dikshit’s residence on Monday morning. …

BRT corridor opens for all vehicles on HC directive

All vehicles will once again be allowed to ply on the lanes reserved for buses on the city’s BRT corridor after the Delhi high court’s directive to the government on Wednesday calling for opening the stretch to all vehicles for smooth flow of traffic. The court asked the city government …

Won’t let BRT traffic system be the same, HC tells Govt

Acting CJ points to interim trial report which says traffic moved freely once dedicated lanes were done away with. The 5.8-km long Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand may not remain a stretch with dedicated lanes once Delhi High Court passes its final order. On Wednesday, …

HC: Let CRRI decide on BRT trial extension

New Delhi: The Delhi high court has left it to Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to decide if it wants to continue allowing private vehicles to ply on the bus lane of the BRT corridor till the completion of its study. A division bench of acting Chief Justice A K …

BRT corridor to revert to old lane format from today

Changes in traffic flow at Chirag Dilli, Siri Fort intersections The flow of traffic between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand along the Capital's much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will revert to the original lane system from Wednesday. The Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS), which operates the …

11 days of Bus Rapid Transit relief ends

From Wednesday traffic snarls will be back to trouble lakhs of commuters on the BRT corridor with Delhi Government deciding to revert back to the dedicated lane system. The decision was taken in a meeting held by the transport department of Delhi Government, headed by Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, …

Bus lane back in a week?

New Delhi: The BRT corridor is back with the Delhi integrated multi-modal transit system. However, DIMTS officials said signal cycles would go back to the original format only after the rest of the bus rapid transit corridor is restored to the previous state. While officially there is no word on …

Transport dept wants BRT back, CRRI says stick to status quo

On the final day of the BRT trial run, there was no clarity on whether dedicated bus lanes would be continued. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) team carrying out the study recommended that BRT lanes are not needed and that vehicular movement be continued as per the plan for …

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