‘It ran through undeveloped areas; was financially unviable' The State government has decided to drop one of the four monorail lines that were supposed to be built in the city. While originally an ambitious 111-km long Phase-I network was proposed to be constructed the revised target means the monorail grid would be only 57-km.
The Chennai Monorail network was supposed to be constructed rapidly and branch out into the city's booming suburbs. A 2014 deadline was set for the operational inauguration of at least one of the four
If all the 5.75 lakh cars registered in the city were to be parked on-street parallel to one another, the area that the vehicles occupy would be as much as seven per cent of Chennai. As existing regulations on parking are inadequate and the enforcement is lax, most of the vehicles in the city eat into precious space on the road.
Parking zones will be clearly demarcated The Chennai City Traffic Police (CCTP) will soon start trials on various roads to devise a broad set of guidelines for regulating on-street parking. Parking zones will be clearly demarcated with yellow paint, bollards or other types of barricades.
CMRL accused of going back on its promise to give satisfactory compensation package CHENNAI: With Chennai Metro Rail Limited beginning to acquire the small portions of private land required for the project, roadblocks seem to be emerging due to disputes over the compensation package. Members of the Alandur Railway Station Road Residents' Welfare Association recently threatened to launch a prot
CMRL accused of going back on its promise to give satisfactory compensation package CHENNAI: With Chennai Metro Rail Limited beginning to acquire the small portions of private land required for the project, roadblocks seem to be emerging due to disputes over the compensation package. Members of the Alandur Railway Station Road Residents' Welfare Association on Wednesday threatened to launch a
There are 20 monorail systems in Asia; Metro networks are in operation in 178 cities around the world CHENNAI: With the State government recently announcing a proposal to construct a crisscrossing network of monorail corridors in the city that would be 300 km in length, Chennai has been put on the road to having the largest and most extensive monorail network in the world.
Integrated multi-modal transport system on the anvil CHENNAI: The plan to cover the Chennai Metropolitan Area with a network of monorail corridors has made a comeback with the State government on Friday announcing a proposal to build
CHENNAI: Mohammad Moosa has never been to a petrol bunk in the last two years. He rides an electric scooter which touches a maximum speed of 40 kmph.
<p>CHENNAI: Now that a new government has assumed office in the State, the question that many residents of the city seem to be asking is: Will the Chennai Metro Rail project be pursued at the same pace and meet the deadline? The previous AIADMK government (2001-06) had preferred a monorail-based mass transit system for the city.
