America’s largest commuter rail system shut down on Saturday. How will Long Island Rail Road strike impact 250,000 riders?Rail strike in U.S: If the shutdown continues into the work week, the roughly 250,000 people who ride the system to and from work each week...
16 May, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
City development at a standstill since MayThe committee gains significance at a time when the state government is announcing mega infrastructure projects for Bengaluru
20 Dec, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
A new committee to see how Bengalore's traffic mess can be undoneFormed by chief secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar last week, the committee will also discuss ways to improve Bengaluru’s not-sofriendly public tra...
03 Oct, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
Plan to put Bengaluru in growth orbit may not take off at allDuring the past four years, the committee carried out extensive studies and came out with several reports pushing to restructure Bengaluru’...
02 Jul, 2018, 12.18 PM IST
Revised master plan now awaits new govt’s standBDA, which prepared the RMP, released a provisional RMP-2031 on November 25, 2017 and set January 23 this year as the deadline for people t...
28 May, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Bengaluru should hug reforms like it does with technologyWhat is required is a paradigm shift in the approach to city planning and management. We must recognise that cities are central to the econ...
09 Oct, 2017, 10.38 AM IST
BDA drafts city master plan as CM-led panel stays aloofThe govt action stems from a notion that the BMPC is supposed to prepare development plan for the city whereas the BDA is still the authori...
05 Oct, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
Bangalore Metropolitan plan panel meets only for chai, not charchaThe first meeting was held in June 2016 when chief minister Siddaramaiah was elected BMPC chairman. The second meeting was in December 2016.
03 Oct, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
Projects worth Rs 2,000 cr in doubt, no say for BMPCThe validity of city civic projects worth at least Rs 2,000 crore is being called into question after the govt ignored the role of the plan...
29 Sep, 2016, 02.46 PM IST
Vision Group: HC orders notice on MP's petitionThe petition further sought to issue declaration that the BMPC as the only committee authorised to consider, discuss, opine on matters rela...
03 Jun, 2016, 08.06 PM IST
Will vision Bengaluru be of any significance?With only two years for the Congress, in question is the ability to execute the 'vision' that will be formed within this group and its sub-...
27 May, 2016, 01.09 PM IST
We need a master plan that looks beyond land useThe process of preparing the Master Plan for Bengaluru by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has got embroiled in legal and procedur...
11 May, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
BJP looks to checkmate Congress ahead of civic body pollsThe large civic body BBMP has come under wide-spread criticism on account of its inability to quickly respond to pressing civic issues.
21 Jul, 2014, 11.34 AM IST
Why Indian cities lag behind global metropolisesThe pace of urbanisation will surge as the economy grows. So, urban renewal and development should be top-of-the-mind issues for policymake...
11 Apr, 2013, 02.15 PM IST
- Infrastructure development plan for MMR soon
Infrastructure issues in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) would be boosted as an integrated development plan for the region is in offing.
15 Jan, 2009, 08.01 PM IST
- Unified Transport Authority for Mumbai formulated
The Maharashtra government has constituted a Unified Mumbai Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMMTR) to oversee the integrated development ...
02 Mar, 2008, 09.59 PM IST
- Deshmukh sets up one more body for city’s development
In its mission to renew urban areas, the Vilasrao Deshmukh government seems to have developed a penchant for creating as many planning bodi...
06 Apr, 2007, 03.34 AM IST