State allocates Rs 2273 cr plus for better connectivity
Getting a boost in terms of connectivity, the state transport department has been allocated Rs 2273.29 crore in the state Budget declared today.
Getting a boost in terms of connectivity, the state transport department has been allocated Rs 2273.29 crore in the state Budget declared today.
The state transport department urged the private and minibus operators plying buses between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector-V to provide additional services on eight days in February to ease out travelling woes of commuters.
Commuters availing local trains in Dum Dum-Dankuni route, might have to tweak their transport options next week.
State transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty while answering to the Media said the central government has always deprived the state. Nearly a crore of devotees visit Gangasagar Mela every year.
Turkey has established a new Cybersecurity Directorate to strengthen defence against cyber threats, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday.
After trams, another of the city’s iconic forms of transport is staring at extinction. The diminishing fleet of yellow taxis is on the verge of disappearing altogether with around 1,000 more about to be phased out in a month’s time.
In the background of the death of the Class IV student in Salt Lake, earlier this month, the state transport department is emphasising on implementation of enhanced road safety initiatives in Kolkata and panchayat areas.
A work order for manufacturing 13 electric-powered water vessels was placed and finalised with the Garden Reach Shipyard authority in presence of state transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty.
A bus route in East Burdwan is active, for which the permit is in the name of a dead woman. According to the Motor Vehicles Act this is illegal.
In March this year, Metro Railway, Kolkata achieved a groundbreaking feat when it launched India's first underwater service under the Hooghly River, connecting two centuries-old cities Howrah and Kolkata.
