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While the network has grown to 97 km with 83 stations and now ferries over 10 lakh commuters daily, this expansion is being overwhelmingly outpaced by the city's burgeoning vehicle population. As Bengaluru's Namma Metro marks its 14th anniversary, the vision of a fully connected city that launched with its first 6.7km stretch in 2011 remains a distant dream for its residents. A report by TOI reveals a system struggling to keep pace with the city's explosive growth, hampered by chronic delays, s ...Read More >
Mumbai Monorail train stuck between two stations due to power failure (Image: Videograb/X) As continuous rains lash Mumbai leading to flooding, a monorail train got stuck on an elevated track in Mumbai's Vashi Gaon area on Tuesday due to a power supply issue. With several passengers stranded onboard, rescue operations started immediately. The fire brigade reached the spot in a bid to evacuate the passengers using crane. The Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation said the monorail train had e ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI): Preliminary investigation into the Mumbai Monorail incident that occurred on Tuesday evening have revealed that overcrowding was the main reason, stated a press note by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The MMRDA in their press note mentioned that due to overcrowding, the weight of the monorail had risen to 109 metric tonnes, which crossed its designed capacity of 104 metric tonnes, causing a break in the mechanical cont ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI): Preliminary investigation into the Mumbai Monorail incident on Tuesday evening has revealed that overcrowding was the primary cause of the disruption, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) stated in a press note. The MMRDA in their press note mentioned that due to overcrowding, the weight of the monorail had risen to 109 metric tonnes, which crossed its designed capacity of 104 metric tonnes, causing a break in the mechanical ...Read More >
Mumbai, August 19: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered probe after hundreds of passengers had a narrow escape after a major breakdown of the Mumbai Monorail due to heavy rains today. Services were disrupted when a monorail running between Bhakti Park and Chembur stopped abruptly near Mysore Colony station, leaving passengers stranded inside for hours. There are reports that there were around 400 passengers inside the monorail when the incident occurred. Rescue operati ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata experienced severe commute challenges on Monday as heavy rainfall since morning led to waterlogging of key arterial roads in central and north Kolkata. This was compounded by two disruptions in the city's lifeline -- the metro -- during Monday's rush hours. The first metro disruption was caused by water seepage into the tunnels, forcing the authorities to suspend services in the Maidan-Girish Park section for nearly two hours from 9.05am. Again, between 11.20am and 12.28pm, no t ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trial runs for Kolkata's first airport-metro link may begin on Monday, Dec 16, sources said. Metro Railway, which is implementing the city's Yellow line, including the first 7 km phase between Noapara and Jai Hind (airport) stations, is chasing a March 2025 deadline to commission the stretch. Before the official trials start on Monday, some pre-trial runs may be conducted on Saturday to ensure that the formal launch of the train run on Monday is glitch-free. "We might take the rake fro ...Read More >
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