Union Minister of State with Independent Charge, Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the 9.7-km Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 corridor of the Delhi Metro's Pink Line on Monday.
The Noida Metro Rail Coropration (NMRC) on Friday announced fares for its soon-to-be-opened Aqua Line connecting Noida and Greater Noida, with minimum being Rs 9 and the maximum Rs 50.
Out of the 200 coaches that DMRC is going to induct, 164 of them would be used in Magenta and Pink lines and 36 coaches will be used in the Airport Express Line, a report said.
"DMRC does not have its own source of providing drinking water and it is also dependent on Delhi Jal Board and other agencies for the same", DMRC said.
The 29.8km Metro link, which will connect the two residential hubs, will have 21 stations.
The first corridor of the Pink Line, from Majlis Park to South Campus was opened on March 14, connecting north and south campuses of the Delhi University on the DMRC network for the first time.
He said the DMRC would pay around Rs 3.67 for per unit of solar power, including the transmission charge. The DMRC is currently buying power at Rs 7 per unit.
"There was some OHE (overhead electricity line) issue at Central Secretariat around 6:30 am and services were very briefly affected, for about 15 minutes," the official said.
There are nearly 12,000 people employed with the transporter, with non-executive staffers accounting for about 9,000.
The council members have been protesting over a number of issues, including pay-scale revision, modification of DMRC Staff Council as an employees union, proper guidelines for sacking of an employee and that too in extreme conditions
According to a statement by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the passenger services on the City Park (Bahadurgarh) Mundka metro corridor will begin from 4 PM.
The incident, which led to temporary suspension of services between Dwarka Sector -21 and Janakpuri West stations after 9 pm, has prompted the CISF to order an inquiry into the alleged assault.
Parking charges for both 4-wheelers and 2-wheelers have been hiked by the Delhi Metro.
The Delhi Mtero cards will be valid in 250 select city buses from Monday in a project that will eventually seek to merge Metro and bus travel
The move is part of a month-long trial to shift to a 'Common Mobility Card' which could be used to travel in Metro, Delhi Transport Corp (DTC) buses and cluster buses in the capital.
This is to enable the authorities to maintain law and order during New Year celebrations in central Delhi.
In a letter to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Kejriwal claimed that there was a 18.5 per cent loss in Metro passenger trips after October 10 decision to hike the fare.
BJP demanded the Delhi government give a Rs 3,000 crore annual grant if it wanted the withdrawal of the proposed metro fare hike.
Travelling on Delhi Metro will pinch your pockets from Tuesday with the decks cleared for another fare hike, which will lead to an increase of Rs 10 for all travels beyond 5 km
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