In an interview with ThePrint, Minister of Road Transport & Highways outlines his 3-point agenda & talks about Panipat-Delhi airport connection that'll cut travel time to under 30 mins.
Using a GCC model, where the state contracts private operators, lowers costs and subsidies. It’s possible to run a high-quality service, as anyone who has used London’s buses will attest.
House panel last yr flagged that almost all metro networks are in losses. Centre has received 21 proposals & approved 2, is working on guidelines to standardise construction & lower cost.
From 300 trams a day to 10, the journey of Kolkata's cheapest mode of transport seems to be in its final stages. But Calcutta Tram Users Association has put up a fight.
How the world deals with the pressure, as urbanization pushes our metro areas still closer to breaking point, will define the shape of transport over the coming decades.
In 'white paper', CM says state’s own revenues almost entirely consumed by salaries, while central funds service debt & interests. ‘State has to borrow even to fund basic welfare schemes.’
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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