New bus routes going to be big relief to city commuters: Kailash Gahlot
The Kerala government and the KSRTC on Friday informed the Kerala High Court that 70 KSRTC buses were damaged in the hartal called by the Popular Front of India (PFI) and subsequent violence in the state. The state-run public transport corporation submitted before the High Court that it suffered a loss of Rs 45 lakh due to the damages suffered due to the stone pelting and violence during the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the PFI. Justice Devan Ramachandran asked the corporation whether this loss will be recovered from those who held the hartal. He also said that law was being violated due to lack of fear in the law enforcement system. The court asked the government to submit the steps taken by it in the incident. Multi-agency teams spearheaded by the NIA had arrested 106 functionaries of the PFI on Thursday in near simultaneous raids at 93 locations in 15 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country. Kerala, where PFI has some strong pockets, accounted for the
This pilot will start with Gurugram CNG AC buses on the top-two routes during peak commute hours
Tata Motors had challenged the tender Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport awarded to Evey for supplying 2,100 electric buses
"Delhi govt will now make public transport more comfortable and world-class. We will focus on integrating and modernising transport sector and making it at par with international standards," he said
Says priority should be on inducting more minibuses for city service
The public transport bus fleet size at 6,900 has become the largest so far in Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday after flagging off 100 low floor and air-conditioned buses at Rajghat depot here.
Pawar, whose party is a key constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, made the appeal at a meeting of an action committee of labour unions
An MSRTC official said out of the total 93,226 employees of the corporation, 20,935 reported to duty
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation also managed to run more than 1,200 buses till evening
The strike of MSRTC employees who are seeking merger of the cash-strapped corporation with the state government continued on the 30th day
Maharashtra transport minister Anil Parab said a meeting with MSRTC employees' representatives was "positive"
Raut said he held discussion with Pawar on a range of issues, including politics and the ongoing MSRTC workers strike
The 6,943 employees comprised 4775 administrative staffers, 1725 workshop workers and 163 conductors
The workers were asked to join duty within 24 hours or face termination
The Delhi Cabinet Friday approved a bid to purchase 160 low-floor AC and CNG buses which will be on roads by November, according to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. "Congrats Delhi! Cabinet today led by @ArvindKejriwal Ji approved bid for 160 Low Floor CNG AC buses which will be on Delhi roads by Nov. These buses fully confirming to BS-VI emission standards will have CCTV, GPS, Panic buttons," he tweeted. The minister informed that with this the government's bus fleet size will grow to 6,910.
The three-member panel, that included transport and vigilance commissioners of the Delhi government, was formed by Lt Governor Anil Baijal last month.
Bus services were hampered for the sixth consecutive day in Karnataka, as the strike by the employees of the road transport corporations on wage related issues continued on Monday
Bus services were hit in Karnataka for the third consecutive day on Friday, as the stalemate between the employees of the road transport corporations and the state government continues
The Delhi Transport department has started trial of contactless ticketing system in all the DTC buses through the 'Chartr' app