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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah directs BBMP officials to make Bengaluru roads pothole-free within 15 days
•Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday directed the civic agency to make the city roads pothole free within a fortnight.
Mumbai Elphistone Road stampede: Tragedy was inevitable as Railways turned blind eye to city's network
Ajay Kumar •The Railways admitted that every year more than 2,700 million tickets are sold in Mumbai but said there is no increase in incidents because of overcrowding, and that the question of decongestion does not arise
Union Cabinet approves the new Metro Rail policy; makes private partnership mandatory
Ians •The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved its Metro Rail Policy 2017 focusing on compact urban development, cost reduction and multi-modal integration.
Delhi Metro now allows commuters to pay using 'Watch2Pay'; a wrist watch with SIM card for payment
Ians •The watch will carry a sim card inside it, which can be removed and reinserted whenever the user wants, like in the case when he or she wishes to change the watch.
Chennai Metro: Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates underground stretch, says govt working on new urban rail policy
Fp Staff •Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Tamil Nadu's first metro rail service between Thirumangalam to Nehru Park in state capital Chennai on Sunday
Chennai Metro work likely behind Anna Salai road accident, cave-in takes along MTC bus and car
Fp Staff •An MTC bus and a car fell into a hole after a portion of Mount Road also known as Anna Salai Road caved in near US Consulate in Chennai earlier on Sunday, risking the lives of nearly 35 passengers onboard, reports said. Construction on Metro work is likely to be behind the accident.
Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick and K T Rama Rao perform the mannequin challenge at the launch of UberMoto
Tech2 News Staff •Uber says that it’ll be officially launching its uberMoto bike taxi service in Hyderabad by January next year.
Hyderabad Metro to miss Jul 2017 deadline, likely to be completed by Dec 2018
•L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail said that the 16,000-crore project is expected to be delayed by almost 18 months
Metro rails cost more than space travel: Chinese planners
Fp Archives •China has spent about $6.1 billion in the last 20 years on its manned space programme sending 10 spacecrafts into orbit, but that amount would just be barely enough to build 78 km of subway system,
Akhilesh sets ball rolling for Uttar Pradesh metro projects
Fp Archives •Uttar Pradesh officials are reportedly working to prepare feasibility reports for the metro rail projects.