Hybrid vehicles are levied a tax rate of 43 percent which makes them expensive. Hybrid Electric vehicles (HEVs) are unaffordable for most people as they are still taxed at 43 per cent despite a parliament standing committee recommendation to lower the tax rate. The consequent high prices and decrease in adoption of these vehicles makes […]
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QR ticketing in BMTC buses delayed as the transport corporation fails to provide Paytm soundboxes. Issuing of daily bus tickets through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is getting delayed as the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has failed to provide Paytm soundboxes to Volvo AC buses. A BMTC official said, “We planned to provide Paytm soundboxes […]
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Street lights on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway have not been working for the last three and a half years Street lights are not working on the 4.5-kilometer stretch of the National Highway (NH) 275 near Kumbalgudu because of the ongoing construction of the flyover. Dilip Bilton Limited Company has the tender for the Kumbalgudu flyover. The […]
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Commuters want a direct connection to a metro station. Railway officials at Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal are considering a direct connection between the railway station and the Baiyappanahalli Metro Station. An engineer at the terminal who did not want to be named said: “We are thinking about building a connection to the Baiyappanahalli Metro Station, […]
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Despite the demand from commuters, more buses cannot be released due to lack of drivers said official. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is facing shortage ofbus drivers. The data from BMTC shows there is a shortage of 256 drivers as of November 2022 and due to this the number of buses functioning in the […]
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KSRTC is going to launch new intercity e-buses between Bangalore and six districts New intercity electric buses (e-buses) by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) can travel 250 to 270 Kilometers(km) after being charged once. From December, people can use e-buses to commute between Bengaluru and six districts in Karnataka. The distance between Bangalore […]
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Union Minister said that a GPS-based toll system will be implemented in six months. Toll booth workers fear losing their jobs when the new Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled toll system replaces all physical toll booths in the country. Sharath, who has been working as a supervisor for 12 years at the NICE Road toll plaza […]
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Cases of excess passengers in goods vehicles have doubled this year, and police fined the passengers Rs. 200. Bengaluru traffic police data shows that cases of carrying excess passengers in goods vehicleshave increased. In 2021, 20,794 cases were booked but in 2022, till October 49,834 cases have been booked. Chandan KB, a quality engineer at […]
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The rollout of 140 stations will be delayed by two months which were supposed to be installed by January. BESCOM (Bangalore Electricity Supply company Limited is planning to set up Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at toll plazas from Bangalore to Belgaum in the coming year. BESCOM is already in talks with the National Highway […]
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BBMP says the work will be done soon and was only delayed due to rain. White topping work on Old Madras road (OMR) has confused and inconvenienced commuters. Akshat (name changed), a chartered accountant who usually travels by this road said, “The entire stretch is blocked, it is a critical road and the only connecting […]
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