Metro Rail Projects

Industry

Union Cabinet approves new metro rail policy

The new metro rail policy entails that the Centre will approve and aid metro rail projects only if they have private participation and ensure last-mile connectivity

2 min read17 Aug 2017
Industry

How metro rail networks are spreading across India

Even as eight metro rail networks covering a length of 370 km are operational in the country, over two dozen more projects are lined up

3 min read26 Jul 2017
Industry

India's first underwater tunnel for Howrah-Kolkata Metro to be completed next week

The tunnelling work under the Hooghly river, the first such underwater tunnel in India, for the Howrah-Kolkata metro line is slated to be completed next week

1 min read28 May 2017
Industry

Greater Noida Metro: Union Cabinet clears decks for central funding

Union Cabinet approves Greater Noida metro rail project, paving the way for the centre to provide Rs970.62 crore 'in equity and subordinate debt'

1 min read24 May 2017
Politics

SC stays NGT order on green nod mandatory for Metro projects

Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi tells SC that the environment ministry has issued a no-objection certificate to fresh construction of Metro rail projects in Delhi, Noida

2 min read16 Sep 2016
Politics

No plan to ban small cars to ease traffic woes in big cities

No plan to ban small cars to ease traffic woes in big cities

1 min read23 Oct 2008