Even as several trains have more than 200 waitlisted passengers every day, running some trains with so many vacant seats is a criminal waste of scarce resource.
The Indian side, led by Road Transport Joint Secretary Alok Rawat, suggested during the talks that passengers travelling on the proposed service be made to carry entry permits along with passports.
The Hyderabad Union Cabinet's surprise and sudden move to take up the Telangana note for consideration has inflamed the passions of people in Seemandhra regions and several organisations have called for a 72-hour strike in 13 districts of two regions from Friday.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to interfere in Maharashtra government's move to hike fares of taxis and auto rickshaws based on the recommendation of the now-scrapped Hakim Committee.
The impact of the strike was most visible in the road transport sector where majority of unions joined the 'stay-away' protest.
The GPS will monitor the movement of buses, its speed, number of passengers, vacant seats, stoppages, etc.
Several ministers in his government joined Naidu in the fast, which was held in all 13 districts of the state.
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sought the Bombay high court's approval for the proposed auto and taxi fare hike.
The central government's highway award and construction target for the current fiscal is dominated by the Bharatmala scheme.
MCA is a legal contract, which prescribes the terms and conditions for executing a road project.
The Muzaffarabad bus is not insured, however, the state road transport corporation has funds for any contingency.
Principal Secy Alapan Bandyopadhyay would arrive by the bus.
A government-instituted panel which probed the extent of non-compliance by General Motors in re-fitting pre-approved engines on Tavera models sent for inspection to meet specified emission norms, submitted its report late on Monday evening, holding the company responsible for corporate fraud.
The buses will have a reduced floor height of 860mm, as against the normal 1050 mm, for easier boarding, with two-step entry. They also conform to BS III emission standards
Niti Aayog's plan to create a 'New India' in less than four years should invite scepticism, argues T N Ninan.
The project worth about Rs 5,000 crore is underway with assistance from the World Bank.
New Airavat Volvo air-conditioned buses have been introduced between Mumbai and Bangalore.
The restrictions barred civilian traffic from plying on the highway on Wednesdays and Sundays from 4 am to 5 pm till May 31.
'The package is for the distressed farmers who are committing suicide due to the severe drought,' Nitin Gadkari tells Arup Roy Choudhury and Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
The Indian delegation will comprise officials from the ministries of external affairs, road transport and highways and the Rajasthan government.
"Only 24 tickets have been sold so far. We are hopeful that the others will also turn up," an official of the State Road Transport Corporation, which is running the service, said.
"We have collected the complete bio-data of both the drivers of the State Road Transport Corporation. They are warned not to play with their lives by driving these buses," four militant groups said.
Six establishments -- including Tata Motors -- have been selected as the best employers by the Central Board of Trustees of Employees Provident Fund Organisation.
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