The transport sector is important for the smooth functioning of an economy. The supply chains for various products and by-products (both domestically as well as internationally) can work efficiently only if the transportation of raw materials and inputs, and final goods and commodities takes place without disruption. Due to economic growth, India’s annual CO2 (i.e., carbon dioxide) emission has expanded from 1.19 billion tonnes in 2005 to 2.44 billion tonnes...
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Delhi's Densification Is Bound to Leave Disastrous Ecological Footprints
-TheWire.in The proposed redevelopment of South Delhi will bring about a surge in congestion that will not only place an unbearable burden on public infrastructure, but also destroy an already tattered map of urban space, ecology and civility. Aurobindo Marg was named after the renowned philosopher and guru, the Delhi campus of whose ashram lies alongside this road. Fittingly, driving on Aurobindo Marg today demands spiritual strength and yogic discipline. Heading south...
More »State's Forest Department's status report on 17,000 trees to be cut -Pankaj Jain
-India Today Noida: The Delhi High Court has put a stay till July 4 to not to cut any more trees in the Capital, putting on hold a controversial mega-project in the city to make way for government officers' houses and a commercial complex. India Today has the exclusive statistics of a status report prepared by the Forest Department officials of the Delhi Government on 17,000 trees to be cut for the...
More »Rural road projects delayed -Faizan Ahmad
-The Times of India PATNA: The central construction agencies have failed the state once again insofar as the completion of rural road projects is concerned. Rural works department (RWD) minister Bhim Singh, who visited 12 districts to review the progress, lamented, "They have displayed their inefficiency by not constructing the roads they had been allotted." Singh called the representatives of five central agencies and strictly told them to complete the projects by...
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