Chennai, April 19 (IANS) The Nilgiris district, a famous hill destination in Tamil Nadu, is witnessing a sharp surge in tourist arrivals from across the state and neighbouring regions, leading to increasing traffic congestion in key areas such as Ooty. Tourists from various districts and other states have been flocking to the Nilgiris to explore its scenic locations, with many opting to travel in private vehicles for convenience. This has resulted in long queues of vehicles along the winding hil…
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New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Friday raised serious concerns over the growing impact of traffic congestion in India’s major metropolitan cities, calling for the creation of a National Urban Decongestion Mission to address the crisis.Speaking in the upper house of the Parliament on urban challenges, Chadha said that traffic congestion has effectively turned metro cities into “giant parking lots”, where commuters spend a significant portion of their lives s…
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the long-pending demand to decongest Jorhat town, particularly the busy Baruah Chariali junction, is set to be addressed with the opening of a new flyover connecting Baruah Chariali to the Bhogdoi Bridge.The CM also took a swipe at Gaurav Gogoi, Lok Sabha member from Jorhat for opposing the construction of the flyover in Jorhat town.In a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister said that traffic co…
Shillong, Feb 6 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said traffic congestion remains one of the biggest challenges facing Shillong and stressed that the government has adopted a long-term, multi-pronged strategy to decongest the city, beginning with the creation of modern parking infrastructure.Inaugurating the state’s first Automated Multilevel Car Park at Vivekananda Road near the Additional Secretariat here, Sangma said that unplanned parking and lack of adequate parking…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that shared taxis and EVs are key to the government’s pollution control strategy, and officials are in touch with transportation network companies such as Ola and Uber to prioritise shared rides. Shared taxi services, which were available in Delhi before the pandemic but were discontinued later, are now being considered for revival to provide affordable and convenient transport options to commuters, she said.The Delhi gov…