Metro

Metro rail projects need environmental clearance: NGT

The National Green Tribunal today held that all metro rail projects need environmental clearance after conducting proper Environment Impact Assessment.

Publication Date:

01/06/2016

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Environment Clearance (EC), Metro, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment

Environment

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Environmental Clearance to the construction of metro line from Noida to Greater Noida, 31/05/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Tongad Vs Noida Metro Rail Corporation & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding Environmental Clearance to the construction of metro line from Noida to Greater Noida.

Judgement Date:

31/05/2016

Tags:

Metro, Noida, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Uttar Pradesh, Hindon, Rivers, Bridges, Infrastructure Development

Water Resources

No ‘Green’ Signal To Pune Metro Project: Now, environment litigation filed over realignment of Metro over Mutha river

Yet another hurdle comes in the way of the Metro project for Pune with the realignment of a route shifted alongside Mutha river from JM road being challenged in the NGT.

Publication Date:

27/05/2016

Source: Indian Express (Pune)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Rivers, Metro, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Municipal Corporation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Resources

Air Pollution

Metro hopes to ride on green tribunal order

Kochi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning diesel vehicles of over 10 years old has come at the right time for Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL).

Publication Date:

27/05/2016

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Metro, Rail Transport, Air Pollution Control, Public Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Diesel, National Green Trbunal (NGT)

Energy

Metro Rail to go solar in six months

In six months, Chennai Metro Rail may have its first solar power generation facilities with a production capacity of 1MW.

Publication Date:

31/03/2016

Author(s): Sunitha Sekar

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Solar Energy, Metro, Chennai (T), Rail Transport, Renewable Energy, Energy

Environment

No need for envrironment impact assessment for Metro Rail: MoEF

Nagpur: City's metro railway has cleared another hurdle with the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) making it clear that environment impact assessment (EIA) was not needed for the pro

Publication Date:

14/03/2016

Author(s): Ashish Roy

Source: Times of India (Nagpur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Nagpur (T), Metro, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Water Harvesting, Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Wildlife Act 1972, Coastal Regulations, Environment, Environment Clearance (EC)

Water Pollution

The Adi Ganga - A forgotten river in Bengal

The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line of Kolkata transformed into a mere sewer and was ruthlessly slaughtered with the changing politicoeconomic interests of the state.

Publication Date:

20/02/2016

Author(s): Jenia Mukherjee

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

8

pp:

1-9

Tags:

Rivers, River Pollution, Ganga, Kolkata, West Bengal, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Municipal Corporation, Metro, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Inland Waterways

Land

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding reclaiming of hundreds of acres of paddy land and wet land in Choornikkara Village, Ernakulam District, Kerala by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, 04/02/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. G. D. Martin Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/02/2016 regarding reclaiming of hundreds of acres of paddy land and wet land in Choornikkara Village, Ernakulam District, Kerala by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. causing severe environmental damage.

Judgement Date:

04/02/2016

Tags:

Wetlands, Land Reclamation, Metro, Ernakulam, Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Gram Panchayat

Health

Road transport in urban India: Its implications on health

The objective of this paper is to review the multiple impacts on health as a result of road transport in urban areas.

Original Source

Publication Date:

01/01/2016

Author(s): Hariom Kumar Solanki, Farhad Ahamed, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta & et al

Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Vol:

41

Issue:

1

pp:

16-22

Tags:

Road Transport, Urban Transport, India, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Traffic Accidents, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Delhi, RSPM (PM 10), Lifestyles, Cycles, Metro, Denmark, United States Of America (US)

Transport

Lucknow Metro Rail project gets Cabinet nod

The project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of the central and Uttar Pradesh governments.

Publication Date:

23/12/2015

Source: Indian Express (Lucknow)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Metro, Lucknow (T), Rail Transport, Transport