Tuesday, March 29, 2011

NEWS UPDATE ON MARCH 29, 2011

BRTS running without project report: Bidkar
The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) standing committee chairman, Ganesh Bidkar, on Friday said the report prepared by IL&FS on the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in the city is not a proper detailed project report (DPR) and said some drastic decisions would be required to implement it properly.

Pilot run of safe commuting project on Karve road
Times of India
PUNE: The Pune traffic police, the Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) and the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) have jointly initiated a pilot project that would ensure the safety and convenience of commuters. The pilot project will be carried out on Karve road.

Are BEST buses best mode of transport?
Hindustan Times
Staff crunch, lack of infrastructure for 1000 buses acquired under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) were listed as causes for such incidences. Till March this year, two BEST buses have caught fire. In January, a 45-year-old ...
Freaky roads, filthy canals crisscross new constituency
Times of India
CHENNAI: The quaint roads lined by avenue trees and the lush green parks that you see in Tamil television serials are mostly shot in Virugambakkam. That must be the video editor's skill, because in real, the neighbourhood is a mess. Chaotic traffic ...

PMPML drivers get trained to cut mishaps
Pune Newsline
Pune In a bid to bring down accident rates involving buses in the city, the Pune Bus Rapid Transport cell of the Pune Maganagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited held a month long training session for drivers of buses of the transport utility. ...

Is high-rise living for you?
Times of India
"An important advantage of staying in a high rise, especially in a city like Mumbai, is that we have absolutely zero noise pollution and the air is much cleaner," says Abdul Khatri, a 45-year-old businessman , who lives in a 29-storey apartment in ...

Will Ahmedabad Metro eat into riverfront land?
DNA
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not happy with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) proposed metro route connecting east and west Ahmedabad under the Rs11,000 crore Metrolink Express project for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.The reason: The proposed elevated corridor from near Nehru bridge on east bank to near Gujarati Sahitya Parishad on west bank on Ashram road might hinder AMC's plan to mint money by auctioning land for commercial development under the Sabarmati Riverfront.

Pune police seek more teeth to ease traffic flow
Times of India
The police commissioner cited examples of how the traffic police run the show in Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. In these cities, the proposal said, all executive powers related totraffic improvement such as installation, ...

MMRDA likely to junk BRTS
Daily News & Analysis
The authority has conducted some preliminary survey about the BRTS and submitted its recommendations to the two agencies,” said a senior authority official ...


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