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Areas around metro stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will be developed as “Circle of Influence”. This concept initiated by UPS Madan, Director, MTSU, involves an area of 500 square metres around metro stations to be developed as business hubs. For this, the government will give out incentives like higher FSI as it would help get a favourable response. ...

The Urban Development Ministry has proposed a single smart card scheme – One India Card – that can be used anywhere in the country by daily commuters who use different modes of transport. The use of the single ticketing card is also planned to be extended to cars and taxis in the future and can also be used to pay ...

Traffic police in Jammu and Kashmir will soon be equipped with breath analysers / Alco meters to take action against those who drink and drive. The drive is expected to begin by the New Year. The J & K Police is reportedly buying 30 breath analysers – handy or portable which will be run on inexpensive AA type batteries. These ...

RePLAY™, India’s first and only eco-friendly , introduced by Green Mile Infra Pvt Ltd recently, has been certified by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI). A patented bio-based asphalt preservation agent, RePLAY reverses the oxidation of bitumens in the asphalt mix without emitting life-threatening greenhouse gases like CO2. It thus extends the life of asphalt roads. According to Shankar Rao, MD, ...

The Bangalore Traffic Police has come up with a system that uses the telephone technology to help them manage traffic better and reduce jams. In this, it is taking the help of Mapunity (the developer of geographic information systems and services) and Airtel (telecommunications service provider). The urban traffic information system for Bangalore known as Bangalore Transport Information System (BTIS), ...

When compared with the best 11 Metro services across the world, Mumbai Metro Rail fares will be the cheapest. For the first Metro Rail corridor from Versova to Ghatkopar, they will be between र6 and र10 while for the second corridor between Charkop and Mankhurd they will range between र8 to र24. According to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), ...

A massive traffic jam in China was like a jigsaw puzzle in August and September. First, it started on Aug 14 on China’s highway leading to its capital Beijing and even before people could realise what had hit them, it had spread to 100km (62 miles) by the ninth day, baffling not just the Chinese traffic authorities but the entire ...

P Vijayan, the Police Commissioner of Kozhikode, has launched a project which will ensure that vehicle parts, personal belongings kept in vehicles and bikes are not stolen in Kerala any more. Called the Student Police Cadet (SPC) Project, the social policing initiative aims at bringing juveniles arrested for stealing bikes, computers and other belongings into the mainstream. He has involved ...

Mumbai Mono Rail’s 19.54km long Chembur-Wadala-Jacob Circle Mono Rail corridor will be the world’s second longest Mono Rail corridor, coming second to only Japan’s Osaka Mono Rail corridor which is 23.8km long. It costs only one-fourth of the world’s longest monorail. While the Osaka corridor has 19 stations, Mumbai’s will have 18. At present the second longest Mono Rail corridor ...

In what can be considered an answer to America’s GPS Technology, Russia has increased the momentum of the development of its decades old GLONASS satellite navigation system. According to the Russian government, the GLONASS civil navigation signals will be made available to customers free of cost and without any restriction. The navigation satellite system is expected to be operational by ...