HYDERABAD:With the Hyderabad Metro Rail project picking up momentum, environmental activists and concerned citizens are raising their voice against the destruction of trees in the city. About 3,000 trees need to be removed or translocated in the three metro rail corridors. Of them, the HMR corporation has already felled 340 and translocated 384 but is finding it difficult to uproot 3 others on the LB Nagar-Miyapur stretch where the initial...
09:25 AM, May 07, 2012
Palwal: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that an 'Orbit Railway' that will connect towns falling around three sides of Delhi in the state's NCR region is being planned. Haryana Metro Rail Corporation has already been constituted for this purpose, he said while addressing a Nav Nirman rally here. Among other things, he also announced Rs 10 crore for the development of Palwal villages and Rs 5...
09:10 PM, Apr 01, 2012
Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has threatened to stop work at the Majestic site from March 13 over a dispute with the South Western Railway (SWR) with regard to land ownership. This latest tiff could delay the metro project further. With SWR insisting that the piece of land belonged to them and that BMRCL has failed to make the balance payment, the metro authorities have threatened to...
09:51 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Hyderabad on February 4 to lay the foundation-stone for the Rs 12,000 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, state Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana said on Saturday. The Prime Minister would also hand over appointment letters to some of the unemployed youths who have been placed in private jobs as part of the 'Yuva Kiranalu' programme launched by the state government, Botsa said briefing...
11:15 PM, Jan 21, 2012
It was the year when Chennai, chanting the mantra of Metro Rail, turned to the monorail along with the change in power equations in the State. As debates raged over what could be the better option for the city, the expansion of the Metro Rail came to a standstill and the Monorail became a preferred solution with many terming the Metro Rail project a cost intensive one that would take...
07:38 AM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: The man who gave the Metro Rail to Delhi, E Sreedharan, retired on Saturday. On his last day at work, he said, "It was a very glorious journey for me. We started with nothing and we produced hundreds of kilometres for the Delhi Metro." "It was a very satisfying experience," he added. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore is the third Indian city after Kolkata and Delhi to have its own metro service. Namma Metro was inaugurated on Thursday in the IT City. The service will connect the eastern part of the city to Bangalore's business hub. The Metro was inaugurated by Union Minister Kamal Nath, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Also present at the inaugration were Union Corporate Affairs Minister...
11:19 AM, Oct 20, 2011
Bangalore: It has been a ride that Bangaloreans have been patiently waiting for the past two years and on October 20, Bangalore will be the third city in the country to have a metro rail system. So as the metro gets set to zoom across Bangalore, the real estate industry in the city is also seeing property prices zoom thanks to the metro. From Old Madras Road to Byappanahalli, realty...
09:46 AM, Oct 19, 2011
New Delhi: The process of finding a successor to DMRC chief E Sreedharan is likely to be completed much before his extended tenure comes to an end on December 31. Delhi Chief Secretary PK Tripathi, who is a member of the panel to select a successor to Sreedharan, said the process would be completed "very soon". "The selection process is going on and it will be completed much before December...
10:38 AM, Oct 02, 2011
Bangalore: It was supposed to ease Bangalore's traffic woes, but the city's metro project called 'Namma Metro' has already missed three deadlines. The delays have now become so serious that it's estimated that Rs 50 lakh of tax payers' money is being wasted every day. Industry experts say the figure - calculated on the internal rate of return - shows the project cost which is around Rs 8550 crore will...
11:11 AM, May 27, 2011
Washington: A US citizen of Pakistan origin was arrested on Wednesday on charges of plotting to attack a rail transit system in Washington, authorities said. Farooque Ahmed, 34, has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a known terrorist organisation and gathering information to assist in an attack, the justice department said. The justice department said Ahmed was interacting with individuals "whom he believed to be members of...
05:03 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Kolkata: Two bogies of a metro train have derailed near the Central Metro station on Wednesday morning. The two compartments of the Garia bound Metro train were derailed inside a tunnel. There are no reports of any casualties or injuries as of now. ...
11:01 AM, Oct 20, 2010
DMRC officials will be trained in the English language to help communicate better with visiting delegates. ...
12:47 PM, May 14, 2010
The Bal Ashray is Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's gift to street children in Delhi. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 01, 2010
The line will be open to the public on Thursday. ...
02:50 PM, Jan 06, 2010
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