Kolkata may run faster than it usually does in a few years from now, thanks to the Central clearance to the East-West Metro Railway project, the work for which will begin some time early April.

Mumbai: Whatever the elite do, they do it in style. The upscale Juhu residents have given a whole new meaning to citizen-led initiative.

Not wanting the overground Metro Rail literally staring into their homes, they have been pitching for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to go underground for the 8-km stretch from Juhu to Linking Road.

NEW DELHI

The Vishwavi dyalaya-Jahangirpuri line, the second Metro line of Delhi Metro

Bangalore, dhns: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) chaired by Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, on Friday, accorded approval for the North-South corridor extension of Namma Metro project.
To be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,763 crore, the project had received approval from the State government in Oct 2008. The extension will be:

While it is believed that Metro, right from conceptualisation to construction stage, is an expensive urban project

AHMEDABAD: Call it the big bang effect. Soon, aapnu Amdavad will be second only to Delhi and way bigger than Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bangalore.

S. Vydhinathan

CHENNAI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) of the Union government approved the Chennai Metro Rail Project at its meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. The long-awaited project aims at providing Chennai with a fast, reliable, convenient, efficient, modern and affordable mode of public transport, which could offer a lasting solution to growing transport needs.

KOCHI: Finally, the signal has turned green for the Metro Rail project. With the Government allotting Rs 50 lakh for the office work of the project, the controversial office space provided by the GCDA (Greater Cochin Development Authority) to EMRC (Ernakulam Metro Rail Corporation) will soon see some action.

By Our Staff Reporter
Bhopal, Jan 22: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minitster Babulal Gaur today said that a survey for the proposed Metro Rail project in the state capital and commercial capital Indore would be undertaken in a month.