Proposed Metro

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has proposed to amend a section of the Metro Railways (Operation & Maintenance) Act 2002 to ensure that no attachment of properties or bank accounts or any assets of any metro rail can ever be carried out.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation or NMRC has sought re-routing of a proposed metro rail stretch between Noida Sector 142 and Botanical Garden to facilitate more passengers, officials said.

The proposed Metro extension connecting Palam Vihar in Gurugram and Delhi's Dwarka Sector 21 may get delayed further as Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar asked the authorities to study the possibility of an underground link for the route.

A new metro loop corridor, spanning about 3 km, has been proposed in the heart of the national capital to cater to people who will be visiting the new government buildings coming up as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project, officials said.

A fire engulfed grass on the plot of the proposed site for a metro carshed at suburban Kanjurmarg in Mumbai on Monday evening, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.

Delhi government today approved the construction of an integrated structure having a flyover at the lower deck and a metro line at the upper deck between the proposed metro stations at Yamuna Vihar and Bhajanpura, according to an official statement

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday appealed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to relocate a proposed Metro car shed to Aarey Colony in Mumbai.

Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing the felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, considered to be the lung of the city.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has accepted a proposal from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to resume metro services in the national capital from September 7, sources said Wednesday

The West Bengal unit of the BJP asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to reconsider her proposal for resumption of metro rail services in the metropolis, terming it a "disastrous proposition" as it might endanger the lives of common people.

Allowing public transportation, including metro services and flights, and restarting economic activity in non-containment zones were among the proposals sent by states to the Prime Minister's Office, as the centre draws up plans for a phased exit from the nationwide lockdown. The final guidelines will be issued by Home Ministry only after going thr...

The Delhi government on Thursday submitted a proposal to the Centre on lockdown relaxations post-May 17 and suggested the opening of markets, shopping complexes and operation of buses and metro services with strict social distancing norms.

Commercial services of the East West Metro corridor in Kolkata began with much fanfare today, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, with employees greeting passengers of the first train with roses.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has proposed to amend a section of the Metro Railways (Operation & Maintenance) Act 2002 to ensure that no attachment of properties or bank accounts or any assets of any metro rail can ever be carried out.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation or NMRC has sought re-routing of a proposed metro rail stretch between Noida Sector 142 and Botanical Garden to facilitate more passengers, officials said.

The proposed Metro extension connecting Palam Vihar in Gurugram and Delhi's Dwarka Sector 21 may get delayed further as Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar asked the authorities to study the possibility of an underground link for the route.

A new metro loop corridor, spanning about 3 km, has been proposed in the heart of the national capital to cater to people who will be visiting the new government buildings coming up as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project, officials said.

A fire engulfed grass on the plot of the proposed site for a metro carshed at suburban Kanjurmarg in Mumbai on Monday evening, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.

Delhi government today approved the construction of an integrated structure having a flyover at the lower deck and a metro line at the upper deck between the proposed metro stations at Yamuna Vihar and Bhajanpura, according to an official statement

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday appealed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to relocate a proposed Metro car shed to Aarey Colony in Mumbai.

Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing the felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, considered to be the lung of the city.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has accepted a proposal from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to resume metro services in the national capital from September 7, sources said Wednesday

The West Bengal unit of the BJP asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to reconsider her proposal for resumption of metro rail services in the metropolis, terming it a "disastrous proposition" as it might endanger the lives of common people.

Allowing public transportation, including metro services and flights, and restarting economic activity in non-containment zones were among the proposals sent by states to the Prime Minister's Office, as the centre draws up plans for a phased exit from the nationwide lockdown. The final guidelines will be issued by Home Ministry only after going thr...

The Delhi government on Thursday submitted a proposal to the Centre on lockdown relaxations post-May 17 and suggested the opening of markets, shopping complexes and operation of buses and metro services with strict social distancing norms.

Commercial services of the East West Metro corridor in Kolkata began with much fanfare today, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, with employees greeting passengers of the first train with roses.