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Feel for the earth. That’s what the commuters in Guragon need to realize on every Tuesday. Come September 22, the Gurgaon traffic police will observe every Tuesday as 'Car-Free Day' (CFD). 
 
In a bid to free the city roads from congestion and encourage people to use alternate modes of transportation, the city will be celebrating 'Car Free Day' (CFD). 
 
This is an initiative by Gurgaon Administration which is organised by Gurgaon Traffic Police and Gurgaon Municipal Corporation with support from NASSCOM, Embarq India, Raahgiri Foundation and Rapid Metro. 
Joint Commissioner of Police Bharti Arora said that with one lakh new cars being registered every year in Gurgaon, this was the best time for the city to take up the 'Car Free' challenge. 
 
While the whole of Gurgaon will celebrate this initiative from 7 am to 7 pm every Tuesday, four major IT corridors have been identified to make the campaign more concentrated - DLF Cyber City, Cyber Park area, Golf Course Road and Electronic City- which have the heaviest traffic flow in the city. 
 
The move will be enforced by the Gurgaon Police who have sourced 20 cranes from MCG and DLF, which will be employed equally in all four corridors to tow away cars parked on roadsides and taken to Leisure Valley Park. 
 
The only parking available would be those at Cyber Park and other institutional and commercial parking spaces. 
 
Rapid Metro has decided to increase the frequency of trains to 3-3.5 mins which would mean 225 trains and reduced waiting time for users. 
 
Feeder buses will be provided from major metro stations like Huda City Centre, Sikanderpur, Indus Bank Cyber City and from Kapashera border to the major IT hubs of the city, Arora said.

Gurgaon to go green every Tuesday

One is a Millennium City and other one is India’s startup hub. Gurugram and Bengaluru, two cities that house world’s best companies, have one major issue to deal with and it is not even funny. 
 
Incessant rains in both the cities has brought normal life to a grinding halt as Gurugram and Bengaluru are flooded, leaving residents high and dry and daily commuters stranded in traffic for nearly six hours. 
 
On Thursday evening, the situation in Gurugram turned worse when it rained cats and dogs in the Millennium City. The roads were flooded, people were stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for six hours. 
 
The heavy rains exposed the lax attitude of civic authorities who continued to play the blame-game over the nuisance. Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar blamed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Haryana Government says a large amount of water exits Gurugram through the Najafgarh drain, which flows through Delhi but is blocked partly, which inundates the city. 
 
Meanwhile, Traffic Police worked tirelessly to help move the choc-a-bloc and even advised commuters to stay off roads on Friday. Schools have also been ordered to remain shut. 
 
The situation in Bengaluru is also quite grim as authorities are using boats to rescue people stranded in the rain. 
 
These pictures will clearly tell you what the situation is. Will our civic authorities turn a blind eye to this also?

IN PICS: How Gurgaon and Bengaluru turned into giant swimming pools

In order to control traffic and resulting pollution, the <keyword id="67999" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Central-Pollution-Control-Board">Central Pollution Control Board</keyword> (<keyword id="68804" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="CPCB">CPCB</keyword>) has directed governments of Delhi-NCR cities to consider introducing flexible office timings, so that peak-hour traffic can be reduced. 
 
The Centre has informed about CPCB's directions before the Supreme Court, to a bench headed by CJI TS Thakur. 
 
The motive behind this step is to ensure that the SC knows about the anti-pollution measures that the centre is taking, so that it can reconsider the ban and tax imposed in Delhi-NCR on diesel cars of engine capacity of more than 2000 cc. 
 
Coming back to the proposal, the CPCB is of the opinion that flexible office hours will contribute a lot in the reduction of peak-time traffic to and from Delhi-NCR destinations, especially considering the number of people travelling to and from Noida and Gurgaon. This results in regular morning and evening snail-like traffic on roads connecting Delhi to other NCR cities. 
 
Talking of Gurgaon, the road connecting Delhi and Gurgaon also leads to the Delhi Airport, which results in further traffic and delays. 
 
While the governments are yet to decide on flexi office timings, other measures include adding particulate filters to diesel vehicles, introducing early alarm system for probable traffic congestions, route diversion, decongesting pathways, prevention of parking on roadsides and non-designated spaces and impounding of visibly polluting vehicles, as reported by <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/have-flexible-office-timings-to-reduce-peak-traffic-central-pollution-control-board/articleshow/53109485.cms">ET</a>. 
 
Other than this, CPCB has set a 30-day deadline, by when state governments will need to start synchronising traffic lights, install vapour recovery system in fuel stations, introduce mechanised vacuum sweeping of roads, and close unauthorised brick kilns. 
 
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Central Pollution Control Board suggests flexible office timings for reduction in traffic

<keyword id="3711125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Pod-taxis">Pod taxis</keyword>, a result of a project called the Metrino-a PRT system in which pods are suspended from an overhead rail -has been under consideration for a while and will finally debut in <keyword id="6361586" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gurgaon">Gurgaon</keyword> 
 The <keyword id="87432" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="National-Highways-Authority-of-India">National Highways Authority of India</keyword> has laid the groundwork to roll out India's first personal rapid transit (PRT) network and will invite global bids for the project within the next fortnight. The pilot project will span a 13km stretch from the Gurgaon-Delhi border to Badshapur Mod on Sohna Road and is estimated to cost Rs 850 crore. 
 
Every pod can take up to five passengers. For the pilot project route, 16 stations have been planned, starting near Ambience Mall. A personal rapid transit (PRT) network is made up of small automated vehicles running at close intervals on a guideway with docking stations for passengers to get on and get off.While a pod can accommodate up to five people, there there is also an option to hire an entire pod that will take a passenger straight to the destination, skipping the scheduled stops. The average speed of the pods is 60kmph. 
 
A senior NHAI official said the network would be built within a year of the contract being awarded. "Pod taxi systems are best suited for this. We are keeping our options open, though, so that private players can come up with best system, including skyrail," the official said. A skyrail is also a PRT system, but is more similar to a ropeway . 
 
The NHAI official said land required for the project is already available with it and Haryana government agencies. The project does not need forest and environmental clearance. As for financing, the entire investment will be made by the private company that sets up the PRT. Under the terms of the agreement, the company will recover its investment in 25 years through tickets. 
 Union road transport and highways minister <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword> had announced last year that Metrinos will run between Dhaula Kuan in Delhi and Manesar. The overhead network for Metrinos has been planned along the expressway . Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> had travelled in a pod in Masdar City during his last visit to the United Arab Emirates. 
 
The Punjab and Haryana governments had, in the past, announced a rollout of pod taxis in Amritsar and Gurgaon, but these never came to fruition. 
 According to estimates prepared by the NHAI, while while building a kilometre of Metro costs at least Rs 250 crore and of monorail Rs 200 crore, the <keyword id="6714406" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Metrino">Metrino</keyword> system can be built with just Rs 70 crore. It's lighter as well. 
 
"The NHAI will roll out the project soon. We have set a target of a year. Subsequently , we could extend this to Dhaula Kuan and Manesar on each side," said the NHAI official. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

Say goodbye to traffic: Pod Taxis to debut in Gurgaon

A luxurious city with crystalline structures, sumptuous apartments, ritzy malls and shopping arcades—that’s what comes to mind when we think of Gurgaon. But behind the glossy veneer lies a darker side. Built as mandated by the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, which encouraged the private sector to develop huge land parcels and build apartment blocks and office complexes, Gurgaon is an example of poor urban planning, mismanagement and malfunctioning infrastructure. The city that aims to become India’s <keyword id="6356662" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Singapore">Singapore</keyword> by 2021 has poor air quality, roads with potholes and chaotic traffic to show for itself. Also consider the absence of public transport; a water table depleting at an alarming rate of 2-3 m per year; 8-10 hours of daily power cuts; sewage spilling on roads in the absence of waste management; 50 per cent of the population residing in haphazard conditions; and a high crime rate. 
 To make Gurgaon truly smart, all these issues must be considered by government agencies and private developers. For its part, the <keyword id="2970864" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gurgaon-government">Gurgaon government</keyword> has come up with a zero-outage target to be achieved within a year; this smart energy grid vision offers scope—and hope—for the city to become smart. Smart water management and conservation and rainwater harvesting would lead to availability of water 24/7 while recharging groundwater. To enhance infrastructure services, smart infrastructure design and planning are needed in sync with local government initiatives. To tackle traffic issues, smart integrated mobility would reduce private vehicular traffic by providing better public transport and last mile connectivity and prediction and mitigation of congestion would lead to better air quality. And the mammoth structures of glass must turn smart, adding intelligence to buildings to conserve energy, and become responsive and interactive in order to fulfil the demands of occupants. 
 
(The article has been contributed by Pratap Padode, Fouder and Director of Smart City Council of India.) 
 
Courtesy: <keyword id="2827653" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Smart-Cities-Council-India">Smart Cities Council India</keyword> 
<a href="http://india.smartcitiescouncil.com/">http://india.smartcitiescouncil.com/</a>

Way to Smart Gurgaon

Uber has always believed in changing the way urban people move around, which is why it has announced a pilot of Uber's bike-sharing product -<keyword id="3259663" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="uberMOTO">uberMOTO</keyword> in Gurgaon, the city that observes a car-free day every Tuesday to help reduce traffic on the roads. Bengaluru was the first Indian city to get the services of uberMOTO. 
 
"UberMOTO works towards the vision of reducing congestion by helping fill every empty seat on the bikes on road. It enables riders to push a button and share a motorbike ride within minutes. It’s a great way for people to save time and money on short trips across town and provides last mile connectivity--especially to and from the metro stations." Said Gagan Bhatia, GM, Uber Delhi. 
 
The project would help cut traffic congestion in Gurgaon by getting people out of their cars when they don’t need to use them, and also by encouraging motorbike drivers to share their rides with fellow passengers. The move has come after the launch of Uber’s carpooling service, which is designed to get more people into fewer cars. 
 
Here’s how UberMOTO would work in the millennium city. 
 
· Choose the uberMOTO option in the Uber app and enter your location and payment method before requesting for a ride. 
· The driver’s details would come to you straight away, including the name, photo and details of the motorbike. 
· Since Gurgaon requires all riders and drivers to wear a helmet, uberMOTO driver will have one helmet ready for you. 
· For your safety, all of Uber’s standard product safety features would be put to use, including GPS tracking, 2-way feedback and the ability to share trip details with family and friends. 
· When the trip ends, share the cost by cash or mobile wallet and get an electronic receipt on mail. 
 
Talking of the prices, uberMOTO starts at Rs 15 + Rs 3 /km + Rs 1/min, with the minimum fare being ₹ 20. 
 
"At Uber our goal is to provide safe, reliable and affordable transportation at the push of a button. uberMOTO will help passengers get to where they want to go more quickly and at a lower price--and with less congestion overtime. We can’t wait to get going!" added Gagan.

Uber launches uberMOTO in Gurgaon

To make highways safer for people in India, the road transport ministry is planning to launch highway radio advisories, common in developed countries. The service will play an important role in providing them information about <keyword id="6361065" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="traffic">traffic</keyword>, weather and eateries. 
 To begin with, the road transport ministry has approached the <keyword id="384646" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Information-and-Broadcasting-Ministry">information and broadcasting ministry</keyword> to start its highway radio advisory service initially on three radio frequencies, a senior official told the Economic Times. 
 The government plans to build an intelligent transport system that addresses concerns regarding <keyword id="428051" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="environment-pollution">environment pollution</keyword> and road safety through <keyword id="2858733" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="better-data-collection">better data collection</keyword>. 
 Moreover, the road ministry would also launch IT-based initiatives like road asset management system, <keyword id="918528" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vehicle-Tracking-System">vehicle tracking system</keyword> and real toll data management. It might use satellite to monitor road conditions, traffic, and encroachments. 
 
The official said the pilot project is expected on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. "We want to start the project on a pilot basis once we have the spectrum and other requirements," the official told the financial daily. 
 Once the road ministry gets the spectrum allocated for the radio stations, it will float tender inviting private players to operate the service, the official added. A meeting between the officials of the two ministries to discuss <keyword id="2858732" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="availability-of-spectrum">availability of spectrum</keyword> on the Delhi-Jaipur highway is likely to happen soon. 
 
"Flow of information about the highway to the user would bring in preparedness for most eventualities. However, it is ultimately the road condition that needs to be improved on this stretch, which can be a nightmare for a commuter at times," said an industry expert. 
 
The government has taken some steps for road accidents victims such as providing them free treatment on the Gurgaon-Jaipur stretch of the NH8. The project ensures medical care for the first 48 hours or up to Rs 30,000. 
 The road ministry has also been trying to expedite widening a 225.6 km stretch on the <keyword id="2858731" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Gurgaon-Kotputli-Jaipur">Gurgaon-Kotputli-Jaipur</keyword> section of NH8 to six lanes. The cost of developing the stretch is about Rs 1,673.7 crore. 
 
(Image: Indiatimes)

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These days, developers are coming up with projects that are hard to resist. So, while <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Should-you-buy-a-new-or-pre-ownedflat/articleshow/50742990.cms">buying a property</a>, especially in the Delhi-NCR region, one has to be cautious about the location of the <keyword id="6354516" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="property">property</keyword>. BI India lists down a few ‘risk-prone’ zones of Delhi NCR property market that one should be careful about before investing in projects there. 
	 
	“Various issues like delays in delivery, oversupply, speculation and infrastructure deficit have been plaguing these <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Should-you-buy-a-new-or-pre-ownedflat/articleshow/50742990.cms">markets</a>, rendering them unsuitable for first-time home purchase,” said Santhosh Kumar, CEO, Operations &amp; International Director, JLL India. 
	 
	Greater <keyword id="47896" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Faridabad">Faridabad</keyword> 
	 
	This location comes in the list because of issues such as litigated land parcels, delayed delivery issues and a high incidence of broken promises by developers. “Although property prices here were always affordable, this market has seen the lowest appreciation in entire NCR. Everything that can possibly go wrong in a buyer-developer relationship has done just that in this area of NCR,” said Kumar. 
	 He also noted that the infrastructure development has not been in sync with the residential growth in this region. “Neither the improved connectivity to Delhi via the national highway nor the under-construction metro or new highway to <keyword id="6361586" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gurgaon">Gurgaon</keyword> have changed the realty fortunes of this corridor,” he added. 
	 
	It should be noted that Greater Faridabad has witnessed <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-why-investing-in-new-under-construction-homes-is-a-better-idea/articleshow/48371771.cms">delayed deliveries</a> by small-developers as well as by a few established builders. Kumar also said that there have been cases of developers running away with home buyers’ money after selling under-constructed flats to innocent buyers. 
	 
	“On other cases, buyers have been allotted / shown plots on a map or in a particular location but getting physical possession of plots altogether different from the ones initially agreed upon. In a variant of this scam, buyers were not allotted any plots at all or were saddled with plots not included in any master plan, and bereft of the authorities’ approvals,” pointed out Kumar. 
	 
	Noida Extension 
	 
	“The primary issue impacting this location’s viability as an investment destination is the oversupply of residential units. With 1.5-2 lakh units slated to hit this market, prices are unlikely to appreciate much. Many land acquisition issues involving local farmers have sullied the market here over the last few years. The ensuing delays and litigations, resulting higher compensation being paid to farmers for their land, has also decreased overall affordability,” he said. 
	 
	Also, this place is expected to be susceptible to earthquakes, considering high-intensity tremors were felt in NCR. “Rampant construction is also observed in neighbouring Noida. As both these areas are situated on the Yamuna river belt, they have more river soil than areas like Gurgaon. With increased seismic activity, it is important for buyers to additionally check if zoning and structural laws are being properly followed here and if the project is earthquake-resistant,” noted Arvind Jain, managing director of Pride Group. 
	 
	 The NH-24 stretch in Ghaziabad 
	 
	Although Ghaziabad has several launches lined up and good options in affordable housing and township projects are available, price appreciation will largely be driven by its future industrial growth. Also, its viability as a residential destination will depend significantly on infrastructure deployment. 
	 
	A six-lane expressway has been proposed, but that can easily take more than five years to be built. Currently, there is a major bottleneck for traffic at Indirapuram, and residents commuting here will have to face daily traffic congestion. End-users should only consider moving here if commuting under such conditions is acceptable, and investors should factor in a protracted investment horizon for any appreciable payoff. 
	 
	Gurgaon 
	 
	A general advisory for end-users and investors interested in this area. Kumar issues advisory for home buyers, who want to buy a property in this region. “Check the status of construction in the identified project, as delays in delivery are commonplace – and it is not only smaller, anonymous developers who are involved. Also, keep away from pre-launches. Instead, look for bargain buys when investors exit. At that point of time, construction will be closer to completion or completed, and Gurgaon is witnessing distress sales from investors,” suggested Kumar. He added, “Several subvention schemes popular these days actually require payment of more money upfront, and the prices per square feet are also higher if one opts for these. The agreements tend to be restrictive, and there is risk of getting stuck with one <keyword id="142327" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="developer">developer</keyword> and project. The interest rates as also the terms and conditions of the developer’s chosen bank must be agreed upon.”

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