Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.

Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.

Three low floor buses were flown into service by the state transport minister, Mr Ranjit Kundu, today. The vehicles have been procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.

The buses would ply on routes ~ 221, 214 and 32 ~ one each.

Pune In its hurry to get on with the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), the Pune Municipal Corporation seems to have given a go-by to accessing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to overcome its water woes.

In the last five years, no Central funding has been sought to improve the city

The Punjab government

Pune Seven slums in the city will be the first in the country to reap the benefits of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.

The Union minister of state for urban Development, Mr Saugata Roy has urged the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to take initiative to complete houses for the urban poor on time.

- Four garbage transfer stations in Ranchi by end of this year

The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to come up with four garbage transfer stations by the end of this year to give respite to the residents from stinking roads.

After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna