The sight has become routine in many Indian cities: rows of cars lined up outside liquor outlets, headlights flashing into service lanes, men drinking openly in full view of traffic, and crowds jostling at counters as if civic order has ceased to exist.
"The increase has been minimal, ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 4, depending on the distance of travel," a DMRC spokesperson said.
With the clock ticking closer to the mega inauguration of 14km of Metro network, including three crucial lines, there is good news for the commuters.
On 22 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three new stretches of the Metro network — the 2.45 km Esplanade to Sealdah section of the Green Line, the 6.77 km Noapara to Jai Hind Airport section of the Yellow Line and the 4.4 km Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to Beleghata section of the Orange Line. He will also flag off three Metro trains on these lines.
Commuters would soon be able to get real-time information on public buses while waiting at bus stops.
Almost every day, we read news about ghastly and fatal crashes on the roads across the country. It is a fact that for most of us, a road journey, short or long, is no longer safe in India.
New year is all set to bring faster and safer rail travel to commuters in India. After successfully giving faster, safer and world class travel experience to people travelling short and medium distance chair car trains, Indian Railways is making this a reality for long distance trains also.
As informed by the ER, the new time table includes provision of a new Krishnanagar – Ranaghat Local and extension of two Howrah – Singur Local, one up to Tarakeswar and another up to Haripal to suit the needs of the commuters in the suburban section.
A day after Christmas, a thick layer of fog engulfed the national capital on Thursday resulting in the reduction of visibility that inconvenienced commuters with the trains running behind their scheduled times and vehicles moving at low speed.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that no toll would be levied on commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway and dismissed an appeal of the Noida Toll Bridge Corporation Limited (NTBCL) against the 2016 Allahabad High Court order prohibiting toll collection on the 9.2-kilometre-long DND flyway.
