Noting that an efficient transport system was ‘critical’ for orderly growth of cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government has decided to support preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Metro rail in all 19 cities with a population of over two million.

Laying the foundation for the Rs 5,181 crore Kochi Metro project here, Dr. Singh said DPRs had already been prepared for 12 cities and Metro rail projects were being implemented in seven cities, covering a total network of length 476 km at a cost of over Rs 1.15 lakh crore.

KOLKATA, 11 SEPT: Calcutta High Court has held that acquisition of land by the transport department of the state government for the East West Metro at Bowbazar for the Central station stood lapsed

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) request for land at Millennium Park near Nizamuddin Bridge, for construction of entry and exit structures of the Sarai Kale Khan station, has not gone down wel

Monorail will occupy less space, can be completed comparatively early using pre-fabricated structures: RAAC

At a meeting recently, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC) asked the Coimbatore Corporation to take up with the State Government the need for a monorail for the city. A presentation made on the occasion said that a city such as Coimbatore, with over a million population, could go in for the mass transport system project, more so when cities with far fewer population and lesser area had taken many steps forward.

New Delhi The urban development ministry is planning to make amendments in the existing metro railway Act, 2009, to include the private public partnership model into the legislation and also to provide greater autonomy to states planning to create metro transit system in their cities.

Presently, the PPP model doesn’t come under the ambit of the act. The first public private partnership in the metro transit system was between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Reliance Infrastructure for the Airport Express line, which was shut down in July indefinitely for repair works, through a concessionaire agreement.

The Union Urban Development Ministry wants cities to do more than just express intent to have a metro railway system. The Ministry is annoyed that cities have been limiting their role to submitting a detailed project report and attaching an application for the Centre to approve and fund their metro systems.

A senior official of the Ministry on Wednesday said cities should play a more proactive role and emulate Kochi’s determination to get the metro project sanctioned.

Environmentalists say project will affect monuments; move high court
Hyderabad, August 19

The elevated stretch of the Metro extension connecting Delhi outskirts to Bahadurgarh in Haryana, will pave the way for the much-sought-after development in the area, said officials.