'Why Do We Need Cities Where People Travel Long Distances?'

'In the larger cities, we can see that 12%-20% of the population making use of the metros. I don't think it is happening in the smaller cities.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi inaugurates......

Chaos and chakka jams in Jaipur as RSS protest temple demolitions

Hindu outfits backed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh staged a two-hour road blockade on Thursday morning to press for restoration of temples razed for construction of Metro and threatened to launch......

Modi flags off Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express semi-high speed train and inaugurated the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project on the......

Everyone leaving Congress, only...:Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Congress, saying that everyone is leaving the party as it is trapped in the vicious circle of nepotism and dynastic politics. IMAGE: Prime......

Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities

Your daily ride to work is not going to be that easy. An analysis of the progress of top metro projects across India suggests that apart from the Delhi and Jaipur Metro and Chennai Monorail, the......

First 4-lane road-cum-metro track in Jaipur

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jaipur Development Authority for a four-lane elevated road-cum-metro track project. DMRC has already floated tenders for......

Doubts cast over Jaipur Metro's viability

Internal documents suggest the city may not require a Metro till 2025Ideally, the first Metro train in Rajasthan should have chugged off from Mansarovar station to Chandpole station in June 2013,......

Regulatory hurdles slowing down transport projects

Urban mass transit authority to be set up; it will act as nodal agency for planning and coordination of project related works. Regulatory hurdles seem to be coming in the way of fast implementation......