World Bank to investigate road safety in India
Alarmed by the increasing number of road accident deaths in India — the highest in the world at 1.18 lakh — the... Read More
Release of TrafficInfraTech
“We want to move in a very professional way to address some of the traffic issues. I think if we in India... Read More
BKC will soon have Noise Barriers
India’s first ever noise barriers will be installed on the 1150 meter stretch of Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) which will begin at... Read More
A show for Total Traffic Solutions
TrafficInfraTech show to be held in February 2011 at New Delhi is India’s first attempt at bringing together every aspect of traffic... Read More
Road safety as a mission
At the first annual general body meeting of International Road Federation (IRF) India chapter held in August in New Delhi, KK Kapila,... Read More
UTTIPEC Improving Delhi traffic – the unified approach
When it comes to development of traffic infrastructure and management, all Indian cities/towns face a common problem – the involvement of a... Read More
Commonwealth Games – Reaching the fields
The management of mobility of the athletes and the spectators within Delhi is one important area the Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi, is seriously working on. More than the numbers, it is the different categories of people to be catered to — athletes, their relatives, accompanying officials, media, technicians, VIPs, tourists and the spectators — that calls for meticulous preparation and synchronisation with various agencies including the Traffic Police and Delhi Transport Corporation.
Monorail Mumbai’s new travel option
Mumbai Monorail, based on straddle-beam technology, will make travel faster, easier and comfortable. It will also make it possible to introduce travel options in congested areas with twists and sharp turns.
Triumph in precision engineering
D K Sharma, Project Chief Engineer, HCC and overall in-charge of the Bandra Worli Sea Link, speaks from the engineering perspective.
Bandra Worli Sea Link Bridge of HOPE
In a whirly bird over the arc of the Mahim Bay, the gigantic towers of the city's most recent infrastructural marvel, the Bandra Worli Sea Link, appear like an apparition in steel rising out of the sea, hands, as it were, folded in a namaskara, the traditional Indian gesture of obeisance, even as the waves below gently wash the Mumbai shore in an act of abhisheka.
