Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
JNNURM targets incorporated in Municipal Bill Speedy execution arranged at all levels: Ms. Raje JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has reiterated her government's commitment to complete all projects sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the State on schedule. In a letter to Union Urban …
The caretaker government took a crash course to salvage the crumbling traffic in the capital by evicting illegal possessions on footpaths and roads, constructing safe bus-stops and introducing staggered school timing under a package of measures. Before confronting the problem head-on, the action plans were explained at a high-level meeting …
Pune, August 19 In a major relief to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the Union government on Tuesday approved Rs 511 crore additional funds for roadwork, including BRTS, being implemented under JNNURM. Of this, the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) roads get Rs 165 crore though there are only about 50 days …
Planning for more and more parking is not likely to help in the long run since the number of vehicles on Delhi's roads is growing dramatically. The city needs a good public transport system at the earliest Megha Suri | TNN Delhi has over 18 lakh private vehicles on its …
Traffic Volume Is Already Very High On The Proposed Moolchand-Jehangirpuri Stretch, Space For Cars Will Get Reduced New Delhi: The government has called for interested parties to prepare detailed design and engineering reports for two more BRT stretches. The move comes at a time when a decision on even a …
Megha Suri | TNN New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had on February 18 this year ordered her officials not to go for any further expansion of the controversial BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor project till the first phase of the pilot
Would the frequent protests by members of the CMH Road Shops and Establishments Association prevent the traffic authorities and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) from proceeding with pier construction works on Indiranagar's busiest road?
By Sudha Narasimhachar The entire transport system of Zrich, covering various kinds of trains, buses, trams, boats, cable cars, gondolas, ice flyers in the Alps, comes under one management. Today talk about chaotic traffic in Bangalore, especially after the inauguration of the international airport, is common. Of course, one of …
The largest city of Pakistan is the most neglected mega-city in the world, in terms of urban public transport systems and the basic reason for this is the government's apathetic attitude towards the revival and expansion of the surface rail-based urban transport public system, the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR). Nowhere …
WEEKEND RUMINATIONS T N Ninan / New Delhi August 02, 2008, 5:02 IST The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has a fleet of some 3,600 buses. In two years, it will have 80 per cent more buses, despite retiring about half of today's fleet. That is not because the existing fleet …
Is urban public transport subsidised more than its private counterpart? Through a case study of urban transport in Pune, this article demonstrates that car and two-wheeler users receive larger subsidies than bus users when all costs imposed by transport modes are considered.
This report stresses the importance of mobility for development, defining it in a broader framework in connection with related concepts such as Accessibility and sustainability. Taking Bangalore for its case study, the report clarifies the socio-economic trends and current plans for land use and transport in the city and region, …
This paper by Prayas Energy Group exposes the hidden subsidies enjoyed by users of cars and two wheelers, thus marginalizing the needier sections. It uses a case study of urban transport in Pune to show that a bus user is much less subsidized than a car or a two-wheeler user. …
Delhi is a city so crazy about cars that it puts some 270,000 new ones on its streets each year. In Lajpat Nagar you will find hardcore worshippers of combustion engines. There are families that own two and three cars with a scooter and a motorcycle thrown in for good …
The objectives of this study were: to raise awareness of the importance of mobility as a driver for economic development in Bangalore; to examine opportunities to narrow the mobility divide in Bangalore; and to discuss sustainable mobility solutions (including virtual mobility solutions) for the rapidly growing city of Bangalore. This …
Anna Nagar Western Extension and Mogappair are densely populated areas that are out of the Metro project's Corridor 2 loop. Residents want the route reworked to include their areas as well G Saravanan Chennai CORRIDOR 1 FROM Washermanpet to Airport via Esplanade, Central, Egmore, Anna Salai and Guindy. The corridor …
Mandakini Gahlot New Delhi, July 27 The number of vehicles on the Capital's roads has been growing at a fast pace. And now this growth is expected to speed up further. Newsline looks at some figures * The two decades between 1981 and 2001 have seen a phenomenal increase in …
A consortium led by Maytas Infra Ltd, a real estate infrastructure company promoted by Satyam Computer owners, has bagged the country's first urban transit project on public private partnership (PPP) mode by quoting a negative grant to the Andhra Pradesh government. The consortium
Mumbai, July 24 Even as the construction of first metro rail between Versova and Ghatkopar via Andheri is under way, the displaced shop owners and tenants at the J P Road in Andheri are still breathing nervously due to the "vagueness' on their rehabilitation. The Metro Rail Project Affected Persons …
