Tag: Kolkata Metro
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Kolkata Metro online smart card recharge system likely to start by end of 2019
Once the facility is in place, commuters using smart cards will be able to recharge them online by visiting the website of the Kolkata Metro Railway.
October 17, 2019 -
Kolkata Metro breaks own record, carries 61.6 lakh during 1-8 Oct
Kolkata Metro also crossed a milestone by earning 10.3 per cent more than its earnings of the previous year.
October 11, 2019 -
Kolkata Metro to increase daily services from 284 to 300
Authorities of Kolkata Metro Rail are mulling over a proposal to increase the number of daily services from 284 to 300 from November.
October 2, 2019 -
Bowbazar disaster displaces 57-yr-old Durga Puja venue
However, the club members, who had cancelled the plans of holding the Puja this year, are now putting in their efforts to ensure they do not give it a miss.
September 16, 2019 -
20 Bowbazar buildings to be demolished
The news of the plan for demolition has added to the agony of their occupants.
September 15, 2019 -
Coffer wall work inside tunnel completed
The KMRCL engineers informed that the rate of subsidence has been brought down considerably to almost a negligible point while the continuous collapses and cracks are aftermath of the ground loss that occurred last week.
September 12, 2019 -
Questions over change of E-W Metro routes
“The issue of possible change of alignment was brought before the board of KMRC. This meeting was attended by B P Gopalika, state transport secretary, and Rajiv Chaudhury, executive director (works), Railway Board, as special invitees. The Board was of the opinion that the present alignment should continue, and urged the state government to provide support for completion of land acquisition,” the note said.
September 10, 2019 -
Bowbazar mishap: KMRCL gives compensation to evacuated families
For the distribution of the compensation, KMRCL has been collecting bank account details of the evacuees.
September 8, 2019 -
400 people evacuated as Kolkata Metro faces ‘unprecedented disaster’
Among those asked to vacate their residences by Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited officials was state Planning and Statistics Minister Tapas Roy, as a precautionary measure since most adjacent buildings are now prone to collapse.
September 6, 2019 -
Bowbazar: Mamata Banerjee urges Metro to provide compensation
The entire area is so congested that I was apprehensive about this route since the beginning. Metro should have declared compensation immediately after the incident, said Miss Banerjee after holding a meeting with Metro authorities.
September 4, 2019 -
Metro’s Open Sesame
Overwhelming is the negligent nonchalance of the authorities and there is already a groundswell of general resentment to this fast mode of travel.
August 24, 2019 -
Metro runs with an open door, RPF helps in
Doors of an AC rake refused to close despite engineers struggling to fix it.
August 22, 2019 -
East-West Metro: Sound barriers to be installed
“It is expected that it will take two months to complete the installation work.”
August 15, 2019 -
Plans to install cameras rally in Bhatpara in 15 AC metro rakes
The decision comes after the fateful death of 66-year-old Sajal Kanjilal.
July 27, 2019 -
East-West Metro likely to be completed by 2021
There are also international connectivity projects in North-east. Among them, there are two new line projects that will connect Bdesh & Nepal. A 15 km new line will be laid between Agartala & Akhaura.
July 25, 2019 -
East-West Kolkata Metro work to be completed by 2021
The total length of both the elevated and underground stretch of the metro is 16.6 km with around half a kilometre below the river Hooghly.
July 24, 2019 -
Hand stuck again, but no fatality
The hand of a commuter got stuck between the doors of a metro coach on Wednesday while the train kept running.
July 24, 2019