Dear All, The recently passed GoI Act for your reference. This is a huge 1.4 Mb file in pdf format http://morth.nic.in/RightToInfoAct.pdf, In case a lighter...
Has Ghulam Nabi Azad misled RS over Metro? New Indian Express BANGALORE: Even as the Karnataka government received a concrete proposal from the Kencana Kasifa...
Dear Vinay, It is indeed ironical that the Prime Minister and Finance Minister talk about inviting investments in Infrastructure and when you have companies...
Dear Rehan, ... You imply here that you submitted a proposal for monorail as feeder/suppliment to Metro. Today, while surfing, I bumped into this page: ...
Here are the news links only): PIB clears Metro Rail (TOI) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1193530.cms B’lore metro rail gets a green signal...
Metro won’t give ground to ASI over Qutub track (IE) http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=143721 Anubhuti Vishnoi New Delhi, August 12: Delhi...
If the DMRC keep insisting that they can't go underground in this area that would be a complete disaster. It is important to be considerate of a city's...
Restraints on demand can only work when there is an accompanying growth in supply. (The experience in London shows that one of the critical success factors for...
HIGH-CAPACITY BUS: ALREADY DELAYED BY TWO YEARS, PROJECT AWAITS NOD FROM FOREST DEPARTMENT FOR CUTTING TREES ON PROPOSED ROUTE Now, 2,000 trees come in the way...
... If I may sidetrack: Delhi's (Red/Blue/White line) private buses are a good example of how not to have competition. Perhaps government should step up its...
It is easy to voice against competition as it appears contrary and unamenable to planning. But be aware of the faulty unspoken assumption -- there is someone ...
Hello, We have discussed about making car ownership in India costlier by imposing more taxes. Some of us suggest such measure to force car users to public...
Ankur I have no difficulty with competition. All I was saying was that competition is not a substitute for planning. Your analogy about competition opening up...
Problem with Blue Line/Red Line was that competition was created at the wrong level. Individual buses were competing with each other. Ideally you should have...
Dear all, Planning and competition are both important and both should have a place in the planning of a transport network around a major city. Yes of course...
Car prices in the Southern California, US (Maybe cheaper in other parts of the country). Only the base model price. Taxes NOT included. Sales Tax Generally...
Here's my question: What is a good parking alternative for a person who wishes to drop his/her two-wheeler or car, and take the Metro instead, to the central...
First deadline miss for Metro (TOI) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1206589.cms NIDHI SHARMA TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2005...
Face-to-face on Metro turns into ugly face-off (DH) http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug232005/city1958582005822.asp DH News Service Bangalore: Several...
$14K for Honda Accord in the US sounds a little too good! In finding an answer as to why prices of foreign brand cars are (generally) higher in India, "oh it...
Based on some postings it is confirmed that car prices are extraordinarily high in India. I didn't mean to analyse why the prices are high, I only wanted to...
From the responses from Shashi, Ian and Vishal, three points come through: 1. Planning needs to be done first 2. Competition does not necessarily cover...
IGI Airport to be modernised by 2009: Patel (Sify) http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13925199 Thursday, 25 August , 2005, 16:16 New Delhi: Government...
METRO : LINE 3 TO RUN BETWEEN BARAKHAMBA AND DWARKA, OFFICIALS SAY IT IS 90 PC COMPLETE, NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TO GO UP BY 5 TIMES Metro likely to roll in West...