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 …
The government’s plan to fast track de-congestion of major cities is running in the slow lane for almost three years now. The Rs 16,600 crore plan, which seeks to de-congest cities witnessing increasing urbanisation by building ring roads, bypasses, grade separators, elevated roads, tunnels, under passes etc was cleared by …
Until recently, Bhopal was like any other Indian city — with little evidence of public transport and fast-growing private vehicle ownership, with its implications for high petrol consumption and air pollution. The only “public” transport available were minibuses, tempos and autorickshaws run by private operators. These were naturally restricted to …
This overview highlights the main findings of Energy Intensive Sectors of the Indian Economy: Path to Low Carbon Development, a study specifically requested by the Government of India to help identify low carbon growth opportunities for India and contribute to global climate change mitigation.
Everyday, with unfailing measure, they line up our city streets, hoping to make the quick dash, only to be sucked into smog, emissions and never ending traffic woes. Lined up as though in a factory assemly
The paper analyses the financial distress in State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs). Financial distress is a multidimensional generic term, which is a symptom of fading financial conditions of a business concern. The financial distress in SRTUs is analysed on various aspects and dimensions and discussed through the application of one …
New Delhi Private road developers have asked the government to streamline the functioning of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the nodal agency for award of highway building contracts, to ensure timely implementation of projects. They have asked the road transport and highways ministry to appoint separate NHAI members to …
The world’s population will reach 9 billion by 2050. Meeting their transport demands will be challenging. As both population and incomes rise, global passenger mobility and global freight transport volumes may triple by 2050. The International Transport Forum’s 2011 Outlook examines these trends, exploring the factors that may drive demand …
DIBRUGARH, The Bogibeel Bridge, which was one of the demands in the Assam Accord, will connect the two banks of the Brahmaputra. When completed, it will cover a length of 4.94 kilometres, making it the longest rail-cum-road bridge in the country. The project took off after a false start. It …
New Delhi The road transport and highways ministry has decided to set up an independent regulator to improve public transport in the country. The prime task of the regulator, as being conceived by the ministry, would be to separate the decisions on passenger fares from politics and make state transport …
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The Union ministry for road transport and highways has allotted Rs 200.81 crore for the expansion and reinforcement of roads in the state with a view to providing more connectivity to interior and rural areas of the state with main cities. The project covers 10 state highways and …
Mumbai Amidst concerns hovering around the infrastructure space, the road sector is showing some signs of revival, say experts. Invitation of bids for new road projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again gained momentum since December, after a lull from July to November 2010. A host …
Global transportation and fossil fuels are inextricably linked. More than 60% of the 87 million barrels of oil consumed every day powers the world’s transportation system and liquid fossil fuels account for more than 96% of the current energy supply to the transport sector. Even in optimistic scenarios, fossil fuels …
The ministry of road transport and highways, which has been successful in bringing land acquisition to levels needed to achieve 20-km-a-day target of road building, is, however, struggling to bring the acquired land under its possession and insulate itself from paying huge compensations to developers. While, on paper, the ministry …
The objective of this transport policy is to evolve a conducive transport regime for Kerala state geared to meet requirements of faster mobility, safety, access to social and economic services and minimizing the impact of negative externalities.
Just as Americans started worrying a little less about jobs and money, they got something new to fret about: More traffic. An annual study done by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M; University found that traffic was better than it had been in a decade during the height of …
A proposal for a major road link between East and West Delhi, which has been on the drawing board for more than a year now, was put forth on Tuesday for the Delhi Cabinet
The state government will purchase as many as 3,000 buses this year to augment its public transportation fleet. The purchases will begin after April. Of the new buses, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) get 1,000 vehicles each, NEKSRTC gets 600 and NWKSRTC …
Bicholim Police on Friday arrested 34 persons on charges of blocking mining traffic at Navelim-Sanquelim. According to reports, about 34 persons, including 14 women and 20 men, gathered on the road at about 8.30 am and demanded that the mining company should give the pending money to the women who …
