SC Order Banning Tourism In Core Of Tiger Reserves Has Dampened The Spirits In Raj

Jaipur: The Supreme Court order banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves till further directions has evoked sharp reactions from forest officials and conservationists the state. Most felt that regulated tourism is a better option than a complete ban. “Regulated tourism is a much better option. We have over the past 10 years controlled much of tourism activities in Ranthambore.

The Delhi government on Monday dismissed as “irrational and unconstitutional” the report prepared by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the 5.8 km BRT corridor between Ambed-kar Nagar and Moolchand.

In its reply filed before the Delhi high court on Monday, the transport department said that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor has proven beneficial for a majority of the population dependent on public transport rather than a fraction of the people who travel by personal vehicles.

Referring to the Supreme Court opinion on the scope of judicial review in policy matters, the Delhi Government has urged the Delhi High Court to refrain from interfering with the BRT corridor issue.

In an affidavit filed through R. P. Meena, Additional Commissioner of the Transport Department, urging the Court to maintain the sanctity of the BRT corridor, the Government said: “Maintain sanctity of the BRT corridor because if any other vehicles are allowed in BRT corridor, no bus will be able to reach designated platform for proper embarkation and disembarkation of passenger.”

The umpteenth efforts taken up by the Delhi Government in making the city pollution free have come to a nought as the air in national Capital is fast becoming poisonous with the increasing level of

MUMBAI: Unable to procure fire vehicles as per norms prescribed by the centre, the state government has requested the Centre to consider relaxation in norms.

New Delhi: Hours after the CRRI report criticizing the BRT corridor became public on Tuesday, the Delhi government had rushed to the Supreme Court filing a special leave petition but failed to secu

Acting on a Jharkhand High Court order, the government has decided to phase out 25,000 old and smoke-belching commercial vehicles from the first day of next month.

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its anguish over the increasing number of car accidents in the city and blamed the Delhi Police for this in not enforcing the order prohibiting use of black films of any Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) percentage or any other material upon the safety glasses, windscreens (front and rear) and side glasses of all vehicles.

A Bench of Justices A. K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar reserved order on applications seeking clarification on certain aspects of the order passed on April 27 when the ban was imposed by the Court.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government to apprise it by July 23 of its views on the Central Road Research Institute’s recommendation to open up the BRT corridor to vehicles other than buses to ease traffic jam along the dedicated stretch.

Taking a contrary view to the expert body’s recommendation, counsel for the Government, K.T.S. Tulsi, submitted that as the Government was a party in the petition against the dedicated corridor for the buses and it had not been heard on it so far, it wanted to file an affidavit on it.

Notwithstanding the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the BRT corridor in south Delhi, the Delhi government on Tuesday resolved not to scrap it and hinted that it would undertake more such projects.

Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi said government was determined to go ahead with the project as the BRT between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate has improved flow of bus transport.