Sunday, January 13th, 2013
In the next couple months, the Delhi Government will launch several mega projects to improve infrastructure in the Capital. The Government has not taken up any projects after 2010 Commonwealth Games as it was questioned on many...
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Delhi's skyline could resemble Manhattan's or Shanghai's if urban development minister Kamal Nath has his way. The minister has mooted verticalisation of Delhi in the new master plan for 2021 by allowing higher floor area ratio in...
Monday, April 9th, 2012
The Delhi government’s 30 departments and agencies will have to mandatorily use the geo-spatial data of overground and underground assets before planning any infrastructure projects as an ambitious legislation is all set to come into force from...
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Grappling with a messy traffic situation in the city, the state government is working on an exhaustive traffic mobility plan. "If adhered to completely, the plan will ease out traffic congestion in a period of four months...
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Delhi Government is all set to implement an ambitious IT project this month under which 3D images of all over-ground and underground utilities like telephone lines, power cables, water and sewer lines and roads have been made...
Friday, October 28th, 2011
A large area around Chennai extending up to Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram is set to be designated as one single urban region for planning purposes. In the face of rapid increase in population in the districts surrounding Chennai...
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
The capital has about 48 lakh buildings, 3 lakh manholes and nearly 17,000 kilometres of running road length. All this information is part of the extensive database that captures the demographics of the capital and utilities like...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Delhi Assembly has just passed a bill that will centralize GIS and spatial data, and make geospatial technology central to all planning, utility services and infrastructure development in the state of Delhi, India. The Delhi Geo-spatial...
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
On February 23, India launched the Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAME), a first-of-its-kind metro rail service connecting New Delhi Railway Station (Central Delhi) to Indira Gandhi International Airport. The project has been implemented using a Public Private...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Come New Year, and Delhi will get a first-of-its-kind, coloured, 3D-mapping system representing the Delhi government’s health centres and the different facilities available at them. The programme, part of Delhi’s ambitious Spatial Data Infrastructure project, will also...
