India

Cheap Parts, Lack of Maintenance Lead to India Lift Accidents

Small builders and manufacturers installing cheap, low-grade lifts and parts, along with a lack of maintenance and critical safety equipment, are leading to often fatal lift accidents in Hyderabad, India, Telangana...

Escalators in FOBs in India Remain Inoperable Due to Poor Maintenance

Foot overbridges (FOBs) in Gurugram, India, built to offer pedestrians a safe passage across the city’s congested roads, are suffering severe neglect, the Hindustan Times reports. The source recently performed spot-checks of...

India Passes Andhra Pradesh Lifts and Escalators Bill

The Legislative Assembly in India passed the Andhra Pradesh Lifts and Escalators Bill, 2025, which establishes a legal framework for the registration and regulation of the construction, installation, maintenance and...

Death of Official in India Shines Spotlight on Lift Safety Standards

The March 10 death of a former chief security officer of the Telangana Secretariat as the result of injuries he sustained when an elevator at an apartment complex in Siricilla,...

High-Rise Society Lifts Not Registered, Deadline Looming

As of early March, the Electrical Safety Department of Ghaziabad, India, had issued notices to at least 50 high-rise societies in the trans-Hindon area, Crossings Republik and Raj Nagar Extension...

Installation Begins on CMRL Phase II Project

The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has begun installing escalators and elevators on the 9-km Poonamallee-Porur stretch in India as part of the phase II project, DT Next reported. According to officials,...

Additional VT Units Among India’s DMRC Crowd-Control Measures

Installing additional elevators, escalators and moving walks at busy rail stations is among measures being undertaken by India’s Delhi Metro Rail Corp. (DMRC) to handle surging crowds, The Economic Times reports. The...

Schindler India Extends Partnership With HOWL Digital

Mumbai, India-headquartered digital marketing agency HOWL Digital announced it has extended its partnership with Schindler India on March 4. Now in its fourth year, the partnership "aims to drive conversations...

Unregulated Lift Installations Spark Concern in India

The tragic death of a 6-year-old boy who became trapped between a lift and elevator shaft wall in a Hyderabad apartment building prompted The Times of India (ToI) to take a deeper...

REIT To Fund New Office Project in Bengaluru Suburb

Singapore-based CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) continues to bet on the Bengaluru, India, area as a rising tech hub, with the REIT agreeing to fully fund...

Deyaar's Downtown Residences; image courtesy of Deyaar

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

The wooden escalator; image © TfL

Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator

North America, which requires larger elevators, has some of the most expensive elevator costs in the world, according to the Saanich Council; photo by Martin Pechy via Wikimedia Commons.

Saanich Calls for British Columbia to Allow Smaller Elevators

3rd Avenue-149th street Station; image courtesy of LiftComm

LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security

CEO of EngineeringUK Dr. Hilary Leevers

EngineeringUK CEO Reacts To U.K. 2025 Spending Review