Former transport minister of Delhi Haroon Yusuf, staging that the DTC is in need of restructuring to serve people better, alleged that the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime and the incumbent BJP government failed to revive the public transport system.
In a major push to revamp Delhi’s public transport infrastructure, Transport Minister Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh on Tuesday directed department officials to fast-track the transformation of the city's bus queue shelters (BQS) into modern, world-class facilities.
Expressing concern over the death of a school student in an accident at Salt Lake, chief minister Mamata Banerjee called the transport minister from her tour in north Bengal.
With the West Bengal Transport Minister, Snehasish Chakraborty, announcing, in end-September, the virtual closure of trams, Kolkata’s heritage transport system is now facing an existential crisis.
The vehicle registration certificates are supposed to be issued on the day of purchase.
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The bus route 434, which will become operational from Monday, will originate from Bhatti Kalan village and will terminate at Jasola Vihar.
The minister informed that on the Rampur-Chintpurni route the bus will start at 3:45 PM from Rampur and at 3:45 PM from Chintpurni.
The minister said if transparent sand auction is followed in the country, it would fetch up to Rs 20,000 crore royalty for the government.
'Goa will copy the Gujarat model, where fines for certain offenses have been lowered,' the minister said.
