Kolkata, A body of private bus operators in West Bengal has urged the state transport department to allow its members whose 15-year-old vehicles need to be scrapped by August to opt for a public-private-partnership model in which they can run state-owned buses against a monthly payment. HT Image The association sent a letter to Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty on Tuesday …
Hyderabad: The public bus facility in Telangana state is set for a shot in the arm as the Union Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed the PM-eBus Sewa initiative to enhance city bus operations, at an overall cost of Rs 57,613 crore, with the Centre contributing Rs 20,000 crore. As per the announcement made by Union minister Anurag Thakur, 10,000 e-buses will …
In Infra Vaani, noted urban infra expert Akhileshwar Sahay dissects infrastructural challenges of Indian cities and offers solutions. Bombay became ‘Amchi Mumbai’ in 1995, but the name change did not rescue the city from any of its chronic problems. Litany of woes of Mumbai are legion, but none worse than the fast-crumbling infrastructure services, which have endangered lives and livelihoods …
