The 9th edition of Global Report on Human Settlements argues that development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap and provides policy recommendations on how to plan & design sustainable urban mobility systems. Read this abridged edition released on the World Habitat Day.

The Jaipur Metro project has come at the right time to make up for the poor public transport in the state capital. Relating the project to boom in population, private vehicles, industrialization and employment in the recent times, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which has complied several reports, says that the existing public transport system is inadequate.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suvra Roy Chowdhury & Others Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 24/09/2013 with regard to the route that the Kolkata Metro Railway Department is going to take the line as well as the way environment of Lake Subhas Sarobar is affected or not affected by the proposed project of the metro.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/51(THC)-2013(Ap)_24Sep2013.pdf

Work for the ambitious metro rail project in Guwahati is likely to start in 2015, said officials of Guwahati Development Department (GDD).

The government will support 44 large projects this fiscal‚ of which 21 are of national pride and the remaining have been identified as central-level projects

The Centre has accorded approval to the Assam Government’s metro train proposal for State capital Guwahati.

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has claimed that it has in place systems to check pollution, notwithstanding complaints in areas where the Metro construction work is in progres

The union cabinet on Thursday approved the third metro rail line or the first underground metro rail of Mumbai between Colaba — Bandra — SEEPZ.

Inching closer towards making Metro Rail a reality in Lucknow, the state cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the first phase of the project which will cover North-South corridor.

New Delhi: Lessons have not been learnt from past disasters, it seems.

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