S Delhi Metro tunnel work completed
With construction of Delhi Metro's Phase II progressing at a brisk pace, the first tunnel for the new underground section
With construction of Delhi Metro's Phase II progressing at a brisk pace, the first tunnel for the new underground section
The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking to scrap Metro's elevated corridor project in south Delhi on the ground that it would cause noise pollution in residential areas on Friday. A Bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, however, directed the Centre and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) to make all possible efforts to reduce the level of noise pollution which will be caused by the Metro rail running on the elevated corridor.
The Delhi high court has dismissed a petition seeking to scrap the metro's elevated corridor project in south Delhi on the ground that it would cause noise pollution in residential areas. A bench headed by Justice T.S. Thakur, however, directed the Centre and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to make all possible efforts to reduce the level of noise pollution which will be caused by the Metro rail running on the elevated corridor.
Public transport is the only answer to congestion and pollution The present crisis demands new solutions. And the solution is public transport, for space to accommodate cars is limited and
The metro rail reaching Dilshad Garden in East Delhi six months ahead of schedule has raised the hopes of residents in several other parts of the Capital where work related to the expansion of the rail network is currently under way. Offering a huge relief to travellers by cutting down the commuting time and affording comfortable travel, the Delhi Metro in its second phase will cover 125 km. After the Dilshad Garden line becomes operational on June 4, the next line to be commissioned will be the Vishwavidyalaya
Bank team, state bodies try to identify financial resources for Rs 2.60 lakh-cr business plan In a boost to its much-touted plans to transform Mumbai into an international city and improve the quality of infrastructure in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the State Government is tapping financial sources to help it implement its ambitious Rs 2.60 lakh-crore business plan.
Work has started on India's first Mass Rapid Transit System being implemented on the public private partnership mode Mumbai's infrastructure may be falling apart through municipal neglect and the city may have already been bartered away to builders, but none can dispute that its administrators are short of ambitious plans for its development.
While it had opposed tooth and nail the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate that was earlier called the High Capacity Bus System, the Bharatiya Janata Party has now pledged itself to facilitating a similar "high capacity bus' system in the Delhi Cantonment area should it be voted to power in the Cantonment Board elections due this Sunday.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director E. Sreedharan has underlined the need for forming an association of Indian metros to act as a catalyst for exchange of information among different cities planning a metro railway. Addressing a seminar here on Monday, Dr. Sreedharan also emphasised the need for standardisation in various spheres such as ticketing, train and tunnel dimension, loading standards, type of traction and design of civil structures. This, he explained, would help in reducing costs and ensuring tested quality of designs and procedures.
Sources in BMRCL told Deccan Herald that the state-of-the-art Byappanahalli station would be a terminal station, located between Old Madras road and the railway station at Byappanahalli. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), keen to have the train on track by the 2010-11 deadline, has completed the design process for the Byappanahalli station, a major public transport hub in the eastern part of the City. With this, the BMRCL has completed the design process of all stations in Reach One. The construction tender for the project will be called on May 25.
The government is considering awarding a grant from the funds of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to meet a funding gap in the Mumbai metro project's first corridor that is being built by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). If the decision is approved, the Mumbai metro will be the first project involving private participation to receive a JNNURM grant. Currently, JNNURM grants are mainly given to local bodies or city corporations for drinking water, drainage and sewage projects.
Even as the Delhi government is trying to make its beleaguered dream project bus rapid transit (BRT) project to work without causing chaos, Dinesh Mohan, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and the brain behind the project has suggested to the Planning Commission to stall the expansion of the Delhi Metro Rail Project and replace it with BRT.
Commending the performance of the Delhi Metro railway and the high standards its has set for other transport services to emulate, Union Urban Development Secretary M. Ramachandran on Saturday said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had emerged as a model for urban transport globally. Speaking at the 14th Foundation Day celebrations of the Corporation, Mr. Ramachandran -- who is also the Chairman of DMRC
This Writ Petition arrays a range of legal concerns relating to the ongoing road widening programme in Bangalore and exposes that such actions are opposed to settled legal norms relating to management
The state government has agreed to share the cost of the proposed extension of the Metro railway from Dumdum to Dakshineshwar via Baranagar. However, it has agreed to bear only one-third of the project cost. The railways had urged the state government to share half of the project cost. The local CPI-M MP for Dum Dum, Mr Amitabha Nandy, has been quite keen on the project, taking it up with the Union railway minister, Mr Lalu Prasad. The total estimated cost of the project has been pegged at Rs 537 crore.
The Centre on Thursday said that construction work on the metro rail projects in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Kochi would commence within two years. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy said: "The metro projects for Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Kochi are in different stages of approval. The government's effort is to expedite the process.
The Chandigarh Administration will underwrite 50 per cent of the cost of the Metro Rail Project (Common Mobility Plan) and Detailed Project Report (DPR) while the proportion for Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh would be 20, 20 and 10 per cent respectively. The division of the entire cost was prepared during a joint meeting chaired by UT Adviser Pradip Mehra, Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Himachal Pradesh Principal Secretary (Transport) Ashok Thakur, held last week.
The honeymoon is over for Mumbai Metro One Ltd, the entity that is to give the city the first phase of its Rs 19,500-crore, 146.5-km metro project. A PPP between Reliance Energy, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and an international company, it isn't exactly off the tracks, but there's serious bad weather building.
Going by the slow pace of acquiring private land, the Namma Metro project may well join the long list of delayed projects of the City.
As it prepares to transport more than a hundred thousand people between the Capital and its posh but water-starved neighbour Gurgaon each day, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is simultaneously doing