Moily will take the metro from Race Course metro station residence and travel to the Central Secretariat station
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily will travel by metro today as part of a fuel conservation drive.

"Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this," he told media here today.

Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia.

These are some of the findings of a recent Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) assessment of air pollution and policies of different cities in dealing with it. That gives you a comprehensive picture of the growing vehicular population and the resultant pollution.

Though Total Area Has Climbed To 20%, Forests Are Mostly On The Outskirts

The government has been congratulating itself on how Delhi’s green cover has increased over the years from 1.48% in 1993 to about 20% in 2011. However, these forests are highly fragmented. Delhi has little islands of forest, especially in the fringe areas, but that doesn’t help in enriching biodiversity or maintaining the health of the forests.

New Delhi : The DMRC and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to embark on the construction of solar power projects on premises of the

Government has identified the 11-km Shastri Park-Trilokpuri sector for the first line

Delhi is likely to get it first monorail by 2017, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday. She said the city needs a transport system that is not only efficient and accessible, but also that will allow people to live in a healthy environment.

New Delhi : A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Transport, Tourism and Culture has cited the December 16 gangrape incident to highlight shortcomings in the National Capital Region (NCR)’s

Government plans blueprint to bring about necessary improvement

In order to deal with increasing traffic, road accidents and vehicular congestion, the Delhi Government has decided to prepare a blueprint to bring about necessary improvement in the public transport system of the city.