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Panic buttons installed in Govt buses as women’s safety aid

The alarm will alert other passengers and also those on the BMTC has signed an MOU with Durga, a citizen organisation to install panic buttons or Durga alarms in buses. In a bid to make public transportation safer for women. Where…

PM Modi unveils three new metro corridors in Maharashtra

Out of these, two corridors of Mumbai Metro Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro-5 and Dahisar East-Meera Bhayandar Metro-9 and another one of Pune Metro Phase III. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of three metro corridors and promised to bring more than 275…

Track your bus for free as GPS feeds go live

Very soon, Delhi commuters will be able to find out the exact position and expected time of arrival of their bus at the bus stop. Delhi government is going to open the transit data of buses, including live GPS feeds….

BMTC: Monthly passes to go digital soon

On November 1, CE reported that the integration with monthly passes for all Bengaluru buses would be done in a month. By the end of this year, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) commuters will be able to purchase monthly…

Railways create history by converting diesel locomotive to electric traction

Railways plans to discontinue diesel locomotives, convert them to electric traction and utilize them for their maximum service life. Keeping with the mission of 100 per cent electrification and de-carbonisation Indian Railways has created history by first-ever conversion of a locomotive…
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