The government is moving faster to boost its urban development mission as it plans to splash a whopping Rs 98,000 crore. Today, the cabinet has approved the creation of 100 smart cities with an outlay of Rs 48,000 crore. The projects will be completed by 2022 under the public-private-partnership model.
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Delhi first driverless Metro line by June.
The upcoming Line 8 of Delhi MetroÂ’s Phase-III with advance metro signaling system will be operated without drivers and its operations will begin June. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded Japan based Nippon Signal Co Ltd, a contract worth around 3.7 million JPY for the signaling system.
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Delhi Metro gets Rs.1,007 cr for phase-III
The NDA Government has allotted Rs 1006.64 as equity for the Phase III project of Delhi metro in the Union Budget recently, reflecting a hike of 22 percent with over Rs 4,200 crore being allotted to it.
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Delhi Metro extension soon
Delhi Metro´s Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli corridor extension and Badarpur to Faridabad extension will be launched in early 2015, DMRC MD Mangu Singh has said. He said the work on Kashmere Gate to ITO ´heritage´ corridor will be completed by December, 2015.
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Delhi Metro makes it to global list
Delhi Metro is one of the six Indian projects to feature in the prestigious Infrastructure 100: World Markets Report compiled KPMG.
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New Metro station at IGI Airport T1
Travelling to IGI Airport in Delhi and NCR will be smoother and quicker than before, with opening of the new Metro station at the domestic terminal of the airport.
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Delhi Metro ranked world´s 2nd best
The Delhi Metro has emerged as the second most popular Metro network in the world, a global poll has showed.
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Mobility solutions
The total investment required in urban transport works out to roughly about Rs.1 lakh crore per year for the next 20 years. It is important to find appropriate ways and means to be able to generate this kind of investment.The next phase of India´s growth is predominantly dependent on planned urbanisation and the key to planned urbanisation is robust.
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Metro Rail: Glamour meets utility
A round 2.5 million passengers use the Delhi Metro everyday that has an operational distance of 190 km with an aim to touch 400 km by 2021. "Despite the metro expanding across cities, the pace of metro expansion is inadequate
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Delhi Metro completes viaduct
The Delhi Metro announced the completion of its construction of a cross-over viaduct above the existing operational line at east Delhi's Karkarduma Metro station, 21 m above the ground. Calling it a rare feat,