Wednesday, April 27, 2011

NEWS UPDATE ON APRIL 27, 2011

In Mylapore, pavements belong to the shops
Express Buzz
Raj Cherubal, Director-Projects, Chennai City Connect, talking to Express, said that most of the pavements in the city were neither well-constructed nor ...

It's race against time for BRTS; work continues on 24x7 basis ...
Dainik Bhaskar
Tarring of the roads will be done twice to ensure that the construction is.
 
For ten years, Janaagraha has been trying to change urban governance
The Weekend Leader
Now, Ramesh holds a number of key positions including the posts of National Technical Advisor, Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, Government of India, and Principal Advisor (in affairs relating to State Urban reforms), Government of Rajasthan.



Delhi Govt may hike property rates along Metro Ph-III route
Daily Pioneer
JICA officials conveyed to Urban Development Ministry that it will be in a position to take up the issue of providing funding assistance for the project with Japan Government only after a formal approval is accorded by the Government of India to 40 per ...

Citizens' group demands probe into accidents involving PMPML buses
Times of India
PUNE: Raising concerns over the increasing number of accidents involving PMPML buses, the PMP Pravasi Manch has demanded that the management of the ...



NHAI urged to widen Pune-Nashik highway | Magicbricks.com Property ...
By admin
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has sent a letter to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) demanding that the Pune-Nashik highway stretch from Nashik Phata to Moshi be widened to six lanes. ...



Shiv Sena threatens to 'open' Bhosari flyover
Times of India
The flyover has been constructed by the Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation at Rs 90 crore. About seven years ago, if its estimated cost was around Rs 12 ...



It's nightmare for passengers at CMBT
Deccan Chronicle
It is a nightmare for passengers visiting the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminal ... High Road including at SBOA school junction near Anna Nagar west bus depot, ...



Dip in bus services at Mogappair East
Express Buzz
CHENNAI: At a time when the Metropolitan Transport Corporation is extending ... barely a few kilometres away from the upmarket Anna Nagar is struggling to ...



Corporation feel Metro Rail stn is too close for Ripon's comfort
Times of India
Besides this, 1455 sq m of a park in East Club Road in Anna Nagar has been identified for viaduct, 212 sq m of corporation's vacant land in north Chennai for Mannady station, and 361 sq m of corporation's vacant land adjacent to Pachiayappa's College ...



PMPML buses kill 4 in 8 days, activists blame administration
Indian Express
In eight days, from April 2 to 10, buses run by the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) have been involved in four fatal accidents. ...



JNNURM home has no takers
Deccan Chronicle
April 23: After spending over Rs 500 crore on the JNNURM housing colonies for the urban poor, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation now finds that thousands of families that have been allotted the housing units are not willing to occupy the flats ...



Mixed BRTS plan draws flak - Times Of India
PUNE: Several organisations and citizens working for sustainable transport in the city have said that the plan to have a 'mixed Bus Rapid Transit System' in ...



AMC seals 156 shops, offices
Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Panic gripped shopowners on CG Road when the Ahmedabad Municipal ... condition that they would furnish a suitable place for parking facilities. ...



Lovers' graffiti gives AMC Rs1cr idea
Times of India
Such expressions would often put the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) at a discomfort, which employed men to whitewash these messages before every VIP visit. But what was considered as acts of vandalism by these 'street artists', have now done ...



Regulating traffic to reduce noise in Chennai
Times of India
CHENNAI: One has heard of traffic being diverted to avoid jams. Concerned about the contribution of traffic to increasing noise levels in the city, ...



MSRTC city bus ops suddenly make profit!
Times of India
MSRTC is now trying to wrest the JNNURM buses from NMC citing its performance in 2008-09 while forgetting its past record. When TOI asked MSRTC officials about this, they had no convincing explanation as to how this turnaround took place. ...



New buses have come under JNNURM Scheme in Mira Bhayander, But these are few ...
IBNLive.com
Imagine getting approx 50 buses under the JNNURM Scheme of the Government and still the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Transport runs these kind of buses,passenger and road safety is not bothered at all, these are images of the few buses and these are ...



'States planning new townships near cities'
Daily News & Analysis
What's your take on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)? JNNURM aims at a reform-driven, planned and integrated development of urban infrastructure and services in 65 mission cities across various sectors. ...




Rs8 cr spent to fix display boards, but they are still non-functional
Hindustan Times
Each LED unit costs around Rs1 lakh and BEST has so far spent around Rs8 crore for fixing faulty display boards in new buses procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The LED units have been covered with plastic to ...


Social sector outlay falls short of target in 11th Plan
Business Standard
Urban Development sector will receive 163% of the earmarked expenditure of Rs 14261 crore. The actual amount spent is likely to be Rs 23312 crore. Similarly, rural development too will get 122% of the planned resources which was originally pegged at Rs ...



Funding pattern for Delhi Metro Ph III spelt out
Times of India
Sources in the urban development ministry on Tuesday have confirmed that the empowered committee has cleared the project. While the Centre and the Delhi government will be contributing 35.74% of the project cost, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will, ...



India faces poverty threat
Deccan Chronicle
The report estimates that in case food prices rise by 20 per cent in India the number of poor in rural area could rise by 45.6 million and in the urban by 13.36 million. It says that inflation erodes the purchasing power of households, especially those ...



China's top legislature approves amendment to road safety law
People's Daily Online
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, approved an amendment to China's Road Traffic Safety Law at the end of its bimonthly session on Friday. Those who drive after drinking alcohol but are not drunk ...


PCMC-BRTS-DefenceLand: Pimpri Chinchwad MunicipalCorporation(PCMC ...
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation(PCMC) will be now able to expedite the delayed completion of the widening of the Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) route ...

PCMC pays 18 cr for defence land
Times of India
PUNE: ThePimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has paid Rs 18 crore to ... places in Pimpri Chinchwad township for civic development projects and ...

PCMC to build 38 bus shelters | The Punekar
Sakaal Times: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has undertaken the work of construction of 38 bus shelters on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system route ...                  

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