Monorail
The newly registered Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), the Noida regions own Rail Company is looking to follow the successful model of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as Uttar Pradesh looks to propagate the metro rail presence across the state. NMRC will be wholly owned and funded by Noida and Greater Noida as Noida [...] Continue Reading »
The Tamil Nadu Government has been thinking about the setting up of a monorail project for easing the public transport in Coimbatore. This is the second project in the State the first one was planned in Chennai. This 43.5 km monorail project is structured as two projects with two lines. The transport department also planned [...] Continue Reading »
Because of the lack of decent planning by the MMRDA, there are possibilities that the monorail Phase II which goes all the way from Wadala Depot to Jacob Circle will be delayed. While the agency was making plans for the establishment of a viaduct, it did not look deeply into the extra rail tracks located [...] Continue Reading »
Whilst the India’s first double-decker flyover— Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) — has started providing much-needed east-west connectivity, experts suggest that around the stretch the real estate market is most likely to go up, which is being seen as a good sign. There has already been a jump of close to 25 per cent in [...] Continue Reading »
E M Sudarsana Natchiappan, the Union minister of state for Commerce & Industry had said that the Centre had initiated a dialogue with Japan to support the monorail project in Tamil Nadu. The minister, giving further details, said the Centre had requested the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), a governmental agency of Japan, to fund the project. [...] Continue Reading »
The Tamil Nadu government is giving a lot of thought to the infrastructure development of the state to promote industries. The state government presented a no new-tax budget for 2014-2015. This move to promote industries amidst a “failing macro environment” is being taken to support the economic growth in the state. The government has decided [...] Continue Reading »
Patna: The urban development and housing board department of Bihar has planned to launch Patna metro or monorail system by 2015. This would put an end to the traffic congestion issues in the city. State urban development minister Prem Kumar has announced the news at an election meeting. He said that tenders will be invited [...] Continue Reading »
The new monorail project will not only benefit the commuters, but the real estate of Gurgaon and Faridabad will also be impacted. The monorail, connecting Gurgaon to Faridabad, is expected to start in April or May 2013 as the trials are over. This monorail will connect areas like DLF 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 [...] Continue Reading »
Commuter Rail System (CRS) for Bangalore has got green signal from the state government. The project will benefit denizens in six districts surrounding the city, namely, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Ramnagar and Bangalore Rural, by providing quicker connectivity. A senior government official said that the authorities have asked all the respective departments to prepare detailed [...] Continue Reading »
Residents in apartment in Mumbai have been protesting over placement of pillars for the second phase of the monorail to come up at Sakaram Pawar Marg near Currey Road station. The protests were on the face of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) who is also the implementing agency for the monorail. The residents [...] Continue Reading »
