'Metro is ruining the aesthetics of the city'

silkboard - 9-JAN-2011

That is the quote Bangalore Mirror found best to use as the headline for an interview with Charles Correa.

Mumbai has MRVC / MUTP, Bangalore still waiting

Sanjeev - 29-DEC-2010

Here you can see how Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), joint venture of Indian Railway & Govt. of Mharastra under  MUTP :

Partners in MUTP -

Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald

kbsyed61 - 22-DEC-2010

Deccan Herald today carried a news item titled "NGO dusts off commuter rail idea" with a NR map.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/122932/ngo-dusts-off-commuter-rail.html

Memo to Minister of State for railways

idontspam - 18-DEC-2010

Sanjeev, Ritesh & myself went to the office of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri KH Muniyappa and submitted a memorandum to the Officer on Special Duty there. Have scheduled a meeting with the minister on 27th of the month after he is free from campaigning for the local elections that are on. See acknowledged memorandum below.

Commuter Rail meeting with Comsr, DULT

silkboard - 14-DEC-2010

Namma Railu team is accompanying CiSTUP this week for a meeting with DULT on commuter rail. Authors of Namma Railu will be attending, and can take in 2 more Namma Railu enthusiasts to the meeting. Please post a comment if any other project member is interested.

Venue, timing and confirmation will be mailed to you once you post the comment.

Chikkabullapur : Railway minister neglects station in his neighbourhood

Sanjeev - 1-DEC-2010

Chikkabullapur has its share of pride for being the neighbouring district of the Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa’s home constituency, Kolar.

station doesn’t have basic facilities such as drinking water and toilet. Several inter-state trains pass through the station which houses not a single shop to serve coffee or eatables

BCIC submits Commuter Rail proposal to Railway Minister/Board!

silkboard - 26-NOV-2010

Namma Railu project team will like to thank BCIC for submitting Commuter Rail proposal to the railway ministry at a pre-budget interaction with the industry groups earlier this week. Please refer to the business standard report today (Nov 26): BCIC seeks clarity on PPP.

Planning to Meet with DRM / SWR & With Minister Ashok

Sanjeev - 19-NOV-2010

I had met  DRM for 15 Minites at his office  last week on 12th Nov to get the update on the Commuter Rail.  He is very positive on the issue.

Namma Railu - Terms of Reference

Naveen - 15-SEP-2010

At the end of the meeting on Namma Railu at IISc on 30-Aug-2010, we had agreed to work on a Terms of Reference (TOR) for raising a demand for DPR (Detailed Project Report) for Namma Railu.

[update] Revised TOR submitted to CiSTUP from Praja

Working group on railways - 11th 5-yr plan (2007–2012)

Naveen - 11-SEP-2010

“Report of the working group on railway programmes for 11^th 5-year plan (2007–2012)” has the following salient points with regard to suburban rail. Due to file size, the entire report is not attached to this post.