Women commuters across West Bengal began availing free travel on state-operated buses on Monday, with authorities introducing document-based verification before issuing zero-value tickets.
The Railways in India started with the first passenger train running between Bombay and Thane on 16th April, 1853. The sound of a steam engine changed the course of history of India during the 173 years.
Why has societal indifference become the defining trait of our times? Why do rules get broken with impunity, failures shrugged off, and dangers accepted as if they were destiny?
The Orissa High Court has directed the police and transport authorities of two mineral-rich districts to act tough on illegal mining activities, stating that “the minerals are the natural resources and assets of the Government to be utilised in a responsible manner so as to provide all the sustainable support to the citizens of the country”.
As rules are routinely flouted, there are hardly any mechanisms to keep a check on the private-run fleets of sleeper AC buses described by many as “sleeping coffins” because of frequent fatal accidents when the single exit point gets locked.
Guwahati is set to get a major boost in connectivity with the upcoming ropeway linking Kamakhya railway station and Kamakhya temple, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced in a video message at the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit on February 26.
Getting a boost in terms of connectivity, the state transport department has been allocated Rs 2273.29 crore in the state Budget declared today.
The state transport department urged the private and minibus operators plying buses between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector-V to provide additional services on eight days in February to ease out travelling woes of commuters.
Commuters availing local trains in Dum Dum-Dankuni route, might have to tweak their transport options next week.
State transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty while answering to the Media said the central government has always deprived the state. Nearly a crore of devotees visit Gangasagar Mela every year.
