Mumbai Eight years after the city got its first Metro corridor, two more metro lines will become operational on April 2, as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will partially open two Metro corridors. The two lines will begin full operations starting Sunday (April 3) from 5 am to 11 pm, daily. On March […]
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Pune Metro ridership trend reveal passengers are in only for a joy ride
For Nikhil Yengul and his friends, it was a joy ride travelling by the Pune metro from Garware college to Vanaz on Sunday. “I stay in the Swargate area and as it was a Sunday, we friends decided to visit the newly-started Pune metro stations and take a ride. The metro is the pride of […]
Multi-body exercise at INA Metro station
A multi-agency mock exercise was carried out at the INA Metro station to test preparedness against a possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attack, an improvised explosive device (IED) blast or an armed attack, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said on Sunday. The exercise was carried out in the early hours of Saturday, […]
Commuters highlight lack of progress in Metro line on Badlapur – Ghansoli – Kanjurmarg route
As the work of other Metro lines has commenced, the commuters from Badlapur and Dombivli cities have highlighted the requirement for expediting the implementation of Metro line 14 namely the Badlapur-Ghansoli- Kanjurmarg route. Hundreds of commuters from cities like Badlapur, Ambernath, Kalyan and Dombivli have to either rely on Central and Harbour Railway lines or […]
Faulty tender conditions for Metro project resulted in undue benefit of ₹4.36 crore to contractors, finds CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the Maharashtra government for its poor performance in the implementation of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). The report for the year ending March 2021, which was tabled in the state legislature on Friday, also pointed to faulty tender conditions for the Metro project in […]
BMC attempts to cut water supply to Metro
Even as the dispute between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) continues over property tax, personnel from the civic body on Thursday visited multiple properties of the MMOPL in Andheri (W) including DN Nagar Metro Station to cut the water supply for non-payment of property taxes since 2013. The […]
Over 11K trains got delayed in 2020-21 due to various factors: Govt
A total of 11,806 trains got delayed due to factors such as fog, saturated routes, asset failures, alarm chain pulling, agitations and bad weather during 2020-21, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. There is no provision for compensation to passengers for delay of trains, the minister said in his written reply to a question […]
SilverLine rail project:Protests against development, says Kerala CM Vijayan
As Kerala continued to witness raging protests by people against the Left government’s flagship Silver Line rail corridor project, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday categorically made it clear that the multi-crore infrastructure initiative would be implemented as announced with the support of the people of the southern state. Rejecting the ongoing agitations being reported […]
Bombay HC asks state to submit details of curbs on train travel
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the state government to detail the restrictions imposed on local train travel during the Covid-19 surge and curbs imposed after the relaxations. The division bench of chief justice Dipankar Datta and justice Makarand Karnik was informed that in the view of improved Covid situation and substantial reduction […]
More than ₹31k crore spent on construction of Metro in MMR: Survey
Mumbai More than ₹31,916 crore has been spent since 2016 in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for the construction of 10 Metro corridors of around 180km, revealed the Maharashtra Economic Survey for 2021-22. Subsequently, the survey also suggested that the corridors will be ready by 2024, which essentially means MMR will have nearly 200km of metro […]
Mumbai mega block: Local train services to be affected on these routes. Details
Mumbai mega block: The Central and Western Railway will carry out a mega block on Mumbai’s suburban sections today for engineering and maintenance work, which could create difficulties for commuters. Central Railway will carry out mega block between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Chunabhatti / Bandra down harbour line from 11.40 am to 4.40 pm […]
Central Railway to restart seasonal pass service on Pune-Mumbai route from March 22
PUNE The Central Railway (CR) will restart the seasonal pass and unreserved passenger service for Deccan Queen Express, Intercity Express, Indrayani Express train, Deccan Express and Sinhagad Express trains on the Pune-Mumbai route from March 22. Since the Covid-19 pandemic as train operations were stopped the services were halted. As per Central Railway, from March […]