Mumbai local train services resumed for people who have taken both the doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Sunday, after a gap of four months.Passengers were restricted from commuting in local trains in the first week of April after the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.Speaking to ANI, Kishore, a commuter said, "It will give relief to the people. People should follow the SOPs and COVID protocols issued by the government."Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on August 8 that in order to continue the economic cycle, the state government is imposing certain criteria and restrictions to allow ordinary passengers to travel locally."Passengers who are fully vaccinated will be able to travel by local from August 15," Thackeray added.While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had started with an offline verification process earlier for fully vaccinated people and issuing monthly passes at 53 railway stations."...in order to make it convenient for the citizens to travel ..
The line is a 35.3-km-long elevated corridor with 32 stations
The metro projects are located in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kochi
Services on the financial capital's Metro rail began on Monday after remaining shut for nearly seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a tepid response from the passengers
The 11.4 km line, shut as a containment measure against Covid-19, is operated through a public private partnership between Reliance Infrastructure and MMRDA
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced shifting of the upcoming metro 3 depot to Kanjurmarg from Aarey Colony, a prominent green lung in the city
The Maharashtra government's decision to relocate the Aarey Metro car shed to Kanjurmarg in Mumbai is "unwise" and will adversely affect the Metro-3 project and the city's public transport
The decision to shift Aarey car shed has been taken just to "satisfy the ego" and this move will put an additional burden of Rs 4,000 crore on the Maharashtra government, said Devendra Fadnavis
Move will save forests, entail no additional financial burden on exchequer. Existing building at Aarey won't go waste as it will be deployed for appropriate use
Metro projects of over 337 km are being carried out in the megapolis, which has only one operational line in the over 10-km Ghatkopar to Versova stretch at present
Bombay High Court has allowed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to carry out construction for Metro Line 4 in a mangrove buffer zone with certain restrictions and conditions
The Bombay High Court granted the MMRDA permission to carry out construction for Metro Line 4 in a mangrove buffer zone, holding that it was in larger public interest.
In notes to its consolidated results for FY20, the list of debt on which it has defaulted, or has delayed payments, includes 33 different lenders and non-convertible debenture (NCD) series.
DMRC to have the largest chunk of revenue loss estimated at Rs 700 cr
Not all companies to gain. while those in hotspots will remain shut, industry feels relaxation applies only to open-air work, not underground or tunnelling operations
Japanese ODA loans are long-term low interest rate loans advanced to the developing countries
Mumbai Metro One operates on 11.4 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor with a daily ridership of nearly 4 lakh passengers.
At the southern-most end of the city, Cuffe Parade metro station is under construction opposite Taj President.
The city is developing projects worth Rs 1.4 to Rs 1.5 trillion to improve infrastructure
The underground line, Mumbai Metro Line 3, covers 33 kilometres and connects the city's airport terminals and three prominent business districts