The cool and swift Metro ride that has changed the way Delhi commutes has a dark side as well. It uprooted thousands of trees. The major infrastructure boost also meant that the already dying Yamuna river was choked further with huge quantities of concrete -- all debris from Metro sites.
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After months of intense wrangling, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have signed on the dotted line. The two entered into a contractual agreement at New Delhi on Thursday, fixing four years as the time frame for completing Kochi Metro.
The work is scheduled...
LUCKNOW: Rail traffic was affected on the Delhi-Howrah route and officials including an additional district magistrate were injured as locals indulged in stone pelting and blocking of railway track to protest murder of a 10-year-old dalit girl in Firozabad on Thursday. According to reports, the police had refused to lodge...
There is good news for suburban commuters from Thane. The first escalator on Mumbai’s suburban network will soon be functional on platform no. 3 and 4 at the Thane railway station and will connect to a 12-metre-wide foot overbridge (FoB) at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) end.
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Despite steps taken by the railways to ensure better commuter safety, 825 people have already lost their lives on the railway tracks in the first three months of 2013.
According to data compiled by Government Railway Police, of the 825 people who died, 525 were killed on Central Railway (CR) and...
Chairman, Railway Board Shri Vinay Mittal inaugurated a photo exhibition at Twin Art Gallery, Indira Gandhi Kala Kender, Janpath, New Delhi, which was organised by the Ministry of Railways to commemorate the 160 years of Indian Railways. The exhibition remains open for public from 10.30 a.m to 7.00 p.m. daily...
The High Court, on Thursday, refused to stay the recruitment to various posts in Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) and adjourned the matter.
City-based advocate Bajantri Madappa had filed a petition seeking that the notifications dated January 23, May 14 and May 15, 2013, issued by BMRCL be set aside,...
Security agencies have decided to bring Delhi metro stations under increased surveillance cover and share intelligence in case of any untoward activity to the facilities in the wake of recent incidents of firing and people organising protests on rail tracks.
During a meeting of top Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Police,...
The mention of Indian Railways conjures up images that embody quintessential characteristics of living and travelling in India. One is accustomed to the blue-clad berths, the ubiquitous pantry service, the classical music radio that crackles periodically with news announcements, and the vocal food vendors at stations. Now, an exhibition in...
"Akele mein pariwaar ki definition bataun kya baad mein? (Should I tell you the definition of family alone, later?)," Pawan Kumar Bansal, 64, menacingly threatened a television reporter outside his Chandigarh house on May 12, two days after his ignominious dismissal from the Union Cabinet. The nonplussed scribe, who had...
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Autos are available near the entrance and fare depends on how much you can bargain. I remember i had paid around 50-60rs, which was around 2-3 years back. Don't know if some prepaid stand has come up now. Lets wait for Sudhir sir's response in this regard.
India too has it. i have seen them personally but not that style of pic what i posted there. it used run with some kinda Bullet type of Bike ahead n carriage attached behind. Now it may not exist but pple used to call them as motorcycle taxi.
The three wheeler motorbike can also be seen in the rural areas of Saurashtra - Gujarat. This is called Chakda. Also called Maruta at times (their Maruti)
in goa never go for rickshaws bcoz they charge u a lot.mostly there are private buses all over the state.govt. buses are also there and are called kadamba.buses are cheap but they are very crowded.u can also go for bike rickshaw aka pilot.also in many places in goa u get bikes on rent like for a day.
