Raipur: Chhattisgarh government has decided to run a monorail in Raipur to reduce traffic congestion and increase share of public transport in the urban transport network. "The state government has planned a comprehensive network of monorail at Raipur which mostly has narrow roads and requires a quick solution for its mounting traffic problems," an official in Raipur said on Thursday.
"In this connection, Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar chaired a meeting on Wednesday at New Mantralaya here," he said. According to the official, a monorail is best suited to solve the city's growing traffic woes and its routes will be finalised very soon and a committee headed by the secretary to Chief Minister Raman Singh will initiate steps.
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12:50 AM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is hopeful that India's first mono rail would become operational by August. "A proposal by the state government to appoint a safety certification engineer for issuing the safety certificate as required by the Tramway Act is in process. We expect this procedure to begin in June and expect certification within three months thereafter", MMRDA chief Rahul Asthana said. ...
05:32 AM, Feb 17, 2013
A test run of Mumbai monorail was organised on Saturday for the Chief Secretary of the state. The monorail will become this year. The first phase from Wadala to Chembur has been completed. The construction has started in January 2009. ...
11:14 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The 11-km-long monorail project of Delhi government, which would be first such network in North India, is likely to be cleared by the state cabinet soon. The monorail corridor from Shastri Park Metro Station to Trilokpuri will have 12 stations and the Detailed Project Report has been reviewed and approved by the Delhi Metro which would implement the project. ...
04:41 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 24, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authoritys (MMRDA) ambitious Metro II may hit a major roadblock this time from its biggest critic Shiv Sena. Subhash Desai, the group leader of the party in the Assembly and MLA from Goregaon, has raised his voice against the proposed metro and monorail car shed at Goregaon spread across 47 hectares. The basic apprehension expressed by the leader is that construction of the depot will...
05:46 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Patna: Bihar Urban Development Department is mulling over a proposal to run monorail service in the state capital, official sources said. The tenders would soon be invited for preparing a detailed project report (DPR) in the next couple of months. The government has asked the RITES to submit report of the survey conducted to assess the viability of the project last year. Bihar minister for Urban Development Prem Kumar said...
10:37 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mumbai: One person died and five others were injured after a part of an under-construction bridge collapsed near Wadala's Shanti Nagar area in Mumbai. The portion of the bridge that collapsed was along the monorail on the Eastern Express Freeway. The slab collapsed when it was being lifted by workers. Some vehicles were also damaged. Meanwhile, rescue operations were said to be underway, albeit incessant rains hampered their progress. The...
10:02 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: A part of a monorail bridge along Barkat Ali Road in Shanti Nagar in Mumbai collapsed in Mumbai on Thursday night killing at least one person and injuring five others. Earlier, fire Brigade sources said that at least seven persons were injured, and had been admitted to nearby Sion and KEM Hospitals. The monorail transit system is currently under construction in central Mumbai. Some vehicles under the bridge...
11:06 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: At least seven persons were injured as a part of monorail bridge collapsed in Wadala area in central Mumbai on Thursday night. The portion of the bridge along Barkat Ali Road in Shanti Nagar collapsed, Fire Brigade sources said, adding that at least seven persons were injured and were admitted to nearby Sion and KEM Hospitals. The monorail transit system is currently under construction in central Mumbai. Some vehicles...
10:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Power and Transport Minister Aryadan Mohammed asserted in the Assembly on Tuesday that the monorail project for the capital city will become a reality during the tenure of the present Government itself. No force can alter it, he declared, while replying to a submission raised by Varkala Kahar MLA of the Congress. The Minister made it clear that the proposed monorail project would be extended to Varkala in its...
01:05 PM, Jun 27, 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
On Thursday morning, three commuters in an overcrowded Kalyan-CST local hit a signal pole and fell to their death. ...
08:16 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has decided to construct foot over bridges (FOB) to connect monorail stations with the suburban railway stations. "The FOB will help commuters, travelling towards Wadala and further, reach for monorail without being hassled by the vehicular traffic on roads," MMRDA Joint Project Director (PR) Dilip Kawathkar said on Friday. The first of such FOBs - 250 meters long and 4 meters wide -...
10:12 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Lucknow: With new Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav prioritising the mono rail and metro rail projects for major cities in Uttar Pradesh, officials are working overtime to prepare a feasibility report on the projects. Officials say the report would be with the chief minister's office in three weeks. Orders have been issued to check the 'soil concentration' - a major benchmark for the rail project - in Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra and...
01:29 PM, Mar 27, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first phase of the monorail project for Thiruvananthapuram city will become operational by January 2016. Work on the project will begin next year, PWD Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju told the Assembly on Tuesday. Work on Phase II will begin in 2015 and will be completed by January 2018, he said. Phase I is 22 km long, linking Pallipuram in the north to Thampanoor in the city. Each...
11:23 AM, Mar 21, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The feasibility report of the proposed monorail project between Pallippuram and Neyyattinkara, covering a total distance of 41.8 km in two phases, will be submitted by NATPAC on Wednesday.The first phase of the Rs 5,500 crore project, which will change the face of the capital city and suburbs for ever, if implemented, will be from Technocity, near Pallippuram, to Thampanoor (22.6 km). The second phase will be from Thampanoor to...
11:26 AM, Feb 29, 2012
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that the tendering process for the Monorail project was going on well. Delivering his customary address at the on-going session, the Governor said, Towards the goal of achieving an Integrated Multi-Modal Urban Transportation System in Chennai, I am happy to note that the process of tendering to establish a Monorail system is progressing well. According to official sources,...
08:25 AM, Jan 31, 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
Mumbai: Two people have died and 3 injured after a slab of the Monorail collapsed at the Chembur Vashi Naka in Mumbai on Friday. All of the dead and injured were labourers at the site. The monorail system is currently under construction in Mumbai. The construction began two years ago in Jan 2009. "The support beam used in the construction of the bridge collapsed this evening, leaving four persons injured,"...
07:50 PM, Jul 01, 2011
