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Saturday , 23 March 2024

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Delhi worst in traffic commute

As per the IBM 2010 Commuter Pain Survey, Delhi’s drivers experience the fifth most painful commute among 20 global cities. During the survey 400 drivers in each of 20 major cities in six continents were polled and based on the results, a Commuter Pain Index was compiled. The Index ranks the emotional and economic toll of commuting in each city ...

Tallest rail bridge over Chenab river

The world’s tallest railway bridge is being constructed over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after its alignment was found safe by a team of IIT-Delhi. The Chenab rail bridge, slated to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris (324m high), is a crucial link in the 125km Katra-Banihal rail link. An IIT-Delhi team ...

Multimodal corridor from Virar to Alibaug

In its effort to ease Mumbai’s transportation problem and promote the development of regions on the outskirts of Mumbai, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to introduce a multi-modal corridor running from Virar to Alibaug. A multi-modal corridor accommodates multiple modes of transport like metro rail, buses and cycle lane in one stretch. Not only do these ...

NSCBI Airport being modernized

By August 2011, Kolkata would be the proud owner of a state-of-the-art airport – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI). The existing airport is being modernised as a world class airport with improved infrastructure and increased capacity and better facilities for passengers. As gateway to Eastern India, the airport faced immense traffic rush to and from ASEAN countries and ...

Runway Bridge on river Adyar at Chennai

A first-of-its-kind bridge over runway is being constructed over Adyar river at Chennai to facilitate the extension of the secondary runway to facilitate the extension of the secondary runway over it to the other side of the river. The bridge can withstand the load and landing of a long and wide aircraft like an A-380. This amazing feat is being ...

Bombardier’s 100th MOVIA metro car

Leading transportation company Bombardier Transportation’s new railway vehicle manufacturing site in India completed the production of its 100th MOVIA metro car (a high-capacity metro car) recently. Inaugurated in November 2008, the new plant represented a € 33 million investment and was designed and built from scratch following the most modern industrial standards worldwide. Presently, the site is executing the production ...

Hybrid car that runs at 140kmph in 10 seconds

Spanish company TECNALIA (The Tecnalia Technological Corporation) recently presented its experimental vehicle DYNACAR®— an electric car that can reach a speed of 140 kilometres per hour in 10 seconds. TECNALIA had been working on enhanced configuration and virtual evaluation tools that enable the development and integration of new solutions for hybrid and fully electric vehicles since the last five years. ...

T3 – Setting a new global benchmark

The new gateway to India – Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport – commissioned in July this year, has set new global benchmarks in the aviation industry. After Dubai and Beijing, T3 is the world’s third largest terminal in terms of size. With many firsts to its credit, the $3 billion terminal spread over 5.2 million sqft has ...

Road safety message via films at cinema halls

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has made it mandatory for cinema hall management to screen a few short films on road safety before showing the feature films. The three-minute films on various subjects dealing with road safety are made by the Indian chapter of International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva-based forum that advocates better and safer roads, and NDTV. ...

Travel on Expressways to get easy

As road transport will play a significant role in sustaining the economic momentum of the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has prepared a master plan for the development of Expressways Network. As per the plan, based on financial viability, relative traffic intensity along with various corridor segments, network comprehensiveness, connectivity and relative economic potential, the expressway ...