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Private city bus service in Rajkot soon Jan 17, 2006

RAJKOT: Residents of the city will have a private city bus service by next month. Chief minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the much-awaited city bus service during the 11-day Republic Day celebrations in Rajkot ... Additional collector IG Patel said that city bus service in Rajkot was being run by Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) for the past many years.

E-Tickets On Buses

The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) has begun a pilot project (in the Palanpur Division) to introduce electronic ticketing with the help of a handy electronic device carried by the bus conductor. The objective is to reduce malpractices and facilitate data collection on traffic patterns. The hand-held device weighs 650 grams and prints tickets on a special paper without using ink. The conductor returns his machine to supervisor at the end of his shift, and the data is transferred to computers.

India, Pakistan Restore Kashmir Bus Route

India and Pakistan restart bus service through the disputed Kashmir region after nearly six decades of turmoil. Service began despite an attack on riders in India by Islamic separatist militants. The nuclear rivals have sparred over the border region since partition in 1947.

Clock’s ticking but CNG buses not on road

Ahmedabad, April 2: Almost half of the 100 CNG mini buses hired by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for public transport service are lying in the godowns of private vendors for want of RTO registration. The registration is delayed due to incomplete documentation, according to civic authorities who were expecting these buses to be on the road by March end.

Resumption of bus service positive for India-Pakistan relations

After 17 months of on-again off-again brinkmanship, it seems that at last something of substance is about to cross the great gulf which has divided India and Pakistan.

BEST strike hits bus services in Mumbai

About 45,000 employees of Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport, which runs the transport and power distribution network in the city, commenced indefinite strike from Thursday midnight to press their demand for a wage revision.



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