Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

In the wake of complaints of noise pollution caused by Metro trains, the DMRC has resorted to regular greasing of tracks on sharp curves and erecting noise barriers at some locations, the governmen

Publication Date:

21/12/2011

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Metro, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Noise Pollution, Environment, Rail Transport

Transport

CM urges DMRC to prepare Metro rail project report

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare detailed project reports of metro rail projects of Bhopal and Indore cities.

Publication Date:

21/12/2011

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Metro, Bhopal (D), Indore (D), Urban Transport

Transport

Japan funds for Metro Phase III to come in Jan

New Delhi: Delhi Metro’s Japanese connection will be getting a boost, come January.

Publication Date:

20/12/2011

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Japan, Urban Transport

Transport

Private space in public transport: Locating gender in the Delhi Metro

Gender has not been fully integrated into the mainstream of either the infrastructure debate or the debate on transport services. This article attempts to locate gender in public transport through an ethnographic study of the Delhi Metro services. Delhi Metro has not only promised women comfortable travel but has also provided private space for them in public transport. Thus a distinct power dynamics has been created, which has reproduced or transformed the internalised meaning of public space for women.

Publication Date:

17/12/2011

Author(s): Shelly Tara

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

46

Issue:

51

pp:

71-74

Tags:

Public Transport, Metro, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Women

Transport

Agreement signed to develop a private metro link in Haryana

The Union Urban Development Ministry, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Haryana Government signed a memorandum of understanding here on Thursday for the development of the metro link between Sikande

Publication Date:

16/12/2011

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ministry Of Urban Development, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Gurgaon (D), Rail Transport, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Infrastructure Development, Transport

Habitat And Urbanisation

We want growth along Metro corridors: Kamal Nath

Union Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises

Condoning the illegalities of the past, the Union Urban Development Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises with quick access to public transport and modern commercial centres.

Publication Date:

15/12/2011

Author(s): Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ministry Of Urban Development, Public Transport, Parliament, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Development, Agriculture, Land, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Land Encroachments, Population, Habitat And Urbanisation

Transport