Kolkata: For the convenience of passengers travelling by Metro during peak hours, the underground train services would now be available at an interval of every five minutes, officials said on Monday. Metro spokesperson and DGM Protyush Ghosh said the new rescheduled timing would be applicable from Tuesday during peak hours. At present Metro services are available at a gap of every six minutes as the trains make 270 trips during...
09:40 PM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) undertook two ambitious projects, the Metro and Monorail, to solve the Mumbai commuter's woes. However, the routes selected by the planning authority have raised some serious doubts, as commuters feel that the routes pass unfrequented areas. Monorail Phase I of the Rs 2,700 crore Jacob Circle-Wadala-Chembur (JWC) Monorail is between Wadala-Chembur, while Phase II is between Jacob Circle-Wadala. Concerned Chembur resident, 24...
05:58 PM, May 27, 2012
Dubai: The growing number of suicides on metro tracks in India could be avoided if a new advanced technology and communications system, which provides for driverless trains and quick response to prevent such accidents, is put in place. Thales Group, which has an impeccable track record in Dubai and other cities - where it provides supervision, communications, and security and fare collection facilities, has offered India its advanced Communications-based train...
01:19 PM, May 27, 2012
Tokyo: The Delhi Metro's expansion plans got a boost with Japan keen to participate in its future projects as well as carry out feasibility study for the capital's mono rail systems and urban transportation. "We met the Japan International cooperation agency (JICA) officials yesterday and talked about participation in metros, also to look if they can do a study for mono rail systems and urban transportation," visiting Urban Development minister...
04:11 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A 22-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping from an elevated Delhi Metro station in New Delhi on Tuesday, police said, in the fourth such incident on the network in six days. Anil Kumar, a resident of JJ Colony in Okhla, committed suicide at the Govindpuri metro station in south Delhi at around 11.30 am. Kumar was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead. The reason for...
04:36 PM, May 08, 2012
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
New Delhi: Another hit and run in the national capital region. A pregnant woman and the driver of their car were killed as a BMW rammed into their vehicle in Gurgaon on Saturday. The woman's husband was injured. The mangled remains of the BMW car which rammed into another car near Gurgaon's IFFCO Chowk Metro Station remain. The occupants were killed instantly. The driver of the BMW fled the scene....
09:14 PM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: A 55-year-old man allegedy tried to commit suicide by jumping before a running Metro train at a station in New Delhi. The man tried to jump before the train at the INA station around 12 pm which was going towards Jahangir Puri, sources said. An alert train operator applied emergency brakes and the person was taken off the tracks. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment....
07:54 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: A woman on Friday committed suicide by jumping off from an elevated metro station in Delhi. She reportedly jumped off from the building of the Kirti Nagar metro station in the western part of the capital. This is the second suicide at a Delhi Metro station in two days. On Thursday, a 28-year-old woman died from injuries sustained when she jumped from the MG Road metro station onto...
03:58 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: A 27-year old woman attempted to commit suicide and jumped from the MG Road metro station on Wednesday morning. Priya has been taken to a nearby hospital and is critical at the moment. The woman hails from Mathura and works in HDFC bank. With Additional Inputs from IANS ...
12:12 PM, May 03, 2012
CHENNAI: Late last year when the Chennai Metro Rail work brought a spate of diversions in most arterial parts of the city, people believed that the parking situation would worsen. On the contrary, now that the series of one-way traffic streets have been implemented, shoppers and families stopping for a bite have found that they can park pretty much in front of their destination with ease. Now that theres twice...
08:37 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Commuters travelling on the Delhi Metro's Airport Express line managed by Reliance Infrastructure can now have uninterrupted mobile phone connectivity, a company official said here Monday. "Reliance Infrastructure constantly works towards enhancing commuter comfort and convenience. A complete bouquet of Reliance Commmunication, Vodafone, Airtel, Idea and Aircel services will now be available at all the stations of the Airport Express line," a Reliance Infrastructure spokesperson said. According to...
12:31 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: A city resident has been ordered by a Delhi court to pay Rs 8,000 as monthly compensation to his wife, allegedly turned out of the house by him after nearly 33 years of their marriage. Metropolitan Magistrate Monika Saroha ordered compensation for the woman, expressing surprise that the woman, married in 1978 and allegedly turned out of the house by her husband in 2010, did not raise voice...
05:32 PM, Apr 24, 2012
BANGALORE: Namma Bengaluru shows the way and has sent a strong message today about environmental protection by hanginga one-km-long banner atthe Cubbon Park.In an attempt to spread awareness on environmental issues and the perils of destroying nature, a unique campaign, the World Environment Campaign was launched in the city as a high profile buildup to the World Environment Day that will be celebrated on June 5 all over the world....
09:28 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Faridabad: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said the Delhi Metro will be extended up to Faridabad district. There was a plan to extend Metro up to Ballabhgarh town in the district, he told a gathering. Hooda said out of a total expenditure of Rs 2,500 crore, the state government had given more than Rs 1,500 crore for this purpose. He said the cross canal part of Faridabad...
11:57 PM, Apr 22, 2012
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