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New Metro Corridor Approved for Delhi Region

The Union Cabinet has recently approved the metro corridor, which includes the Rithala-Narela-Nathupur (Kundli) stretch, aiming to enhance connectivity in the National Capital Region (NCR) as part of...

December 7, 2024

World Bank’s Gender Toolkit

The “Toolkit on Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India” was launched at a session organized by the World Bank and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan...

December 9, 2022

India’s longest ropeway service opened in Guwahati over Brahmaputra

Northeast Indian city, Guwahati has earned the longest river crossing ropeway in India across the Brahmaputra river. The project has been completed with an enormous effort of 11...

August 25, 2020

Luxembourg: The First Country in the World to provide Free Public Transport

Luxembourg in Europe has become the first country to make all forms of public transport free. It is the second smallest country in the European Union. Highlights Around...

March 4, 2020

Delhi Transport Corporation wins Road Safety Award 2018-19

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), the public transporter of Delhi, has been conferred with the Road Safety Award 2018-19 in the urban category for the lowest rate of accidents....

February 5, 2020

BRTS between Karnataka’s twin cities inaugurated

The Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently inaugurated the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project between the twin cities of Karnataka, Hubbali to Dharwad. The project cost of...

February 4, 2020

Egypt government to ban the iconic tuk tuks

The Egyptian government is planning to completely ban tuk tuks. These are yellow and black, 3 wheeled auto-rikshaws. These are used to ply people especially in Egypt’s informal...

December 4, 2019

The Union Government proposes ‘Metrolite’ urban rail transit system for small cities

The Union Government has proposed light urban rail transit system – ‘Metrolite’ – in small cities and towns having lower projection of ridership, with each train having three...

July 22, 2019

Short Note : National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed an MoU with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to co-operate in the formation of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)...

July 8, 2019

Update: Train 18 to serve more destinations

Train 18 will ply more routes and serve more destinations. Central Railway’s First Train 18 will shuttle between Mumbai and Shirdi. Mumbai and Shirdi are located at a...

June 27, 2019

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