The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (mmrda) is rushing ahead with its multi-crore metro rail and monorail projects. But its proposal to build the less expensive Bus Rapid Transit System (brts) has been delayed. Reason: the development authority, charged with planning for Mumbai, transferred the project to the municipality in February last week.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/mumbai-brts-held-transit
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20100415&filename=news&sec_id=4&sid=6
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nidhi-jamwal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rajil-menon
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/transport
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-transport
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-transport
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/metro
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/buses