RITES had proposed the construction of dedicated bus lanes in the grid system in the tricity.

Land acquisition seems to be the biggest roadblock for the Railways' ambitious high-speed rail corridor project.

The Punjab Cabinet today gave approval to link the Mohali railway station with the Chandigarh metro rail project at a cost of Rs 1,427 crore.

Punjab Cabinet approved the ambitious Rs. 1,427-crore project which will link the city with its satellite town Mohali, on Wednesday.

The decision to link S.A.S. Nagar Mohali with Chandigarh was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, an official spokesman said here.

The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation will shortly obtain loan worth Rs.969 crore from the Asian Development Bank for completion of work on a portion of its corridor in the Walled City here. The first phase connecting the Mansarovar residential colony with Chandpole is likely to start by July next year.

JMRC Chairman & Managing Director Nihal Chand Goyal said during an interaction with an ADB team, currently on a visit to Jaipur, that the loan would be utilised for completion of Phase 1-B between Chandpole and Badi Chaupad. Land needed for laying of rail tracks has been acquired and the displaced people have been rehabilitated, he said.

The Madras High Court has set aside a May 2012 order of the revenue department, relating to resumption of a piece of land on EVR Periyar Salai near the Central Station here for the Chennai Metro Ra

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asserted here on Wednesday that the Kochi Metro Rail Project would be executed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in association with E. Sreedharan in three years.

The Chief Minister said he had held talks with Mr. Sreedharan (former Managing Director of DMRC) that there was no change in the government’s resolve that Mr. Sreedharan would oversee the project. “The DMRC and Mr. Sreedharan are our best bet for timely completion of the project. Steps would be taken to remove any impediments to fast completion of the project.”

JAIPUR: To expedite the completion of the project, the Jaipur Development Authority will provide financial assistance to companies involved in construction of Durgapura elevated road.

With companies facing financial crunch, the project has suffered delay and the deadline has now been extended from July to December 2012. JDA has already changed the deadline thrice.

AHMEDABAD: If you were to superimpose the recently declared map of Rs 15,000-crore 76-km Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail route over the Rs 1,350-crore BRTS network map, you'll notice that the buse

Gurgaon:Though limited to a small area, Gurgaon inched towards having its own metro rail on Tuesday when Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda flagged off trial run of the 5.1 km Rapid Metro