City infrastructure and public facilities should be designed to meet the needs of residents year-round, not just during specific seasons, say experts. Colourful umbrellas across the city. Streets lined with cut fruit and juice sellers. Making plans for long vacations. Summer season in Bengaluru is not just about this. Lack of bus shelters. No drinking […]
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Challaghatta metro station became operational on Oct. 9; the station still doesn’t have a drinking water facility for commuters and staff. The authorities promise to solve the problem at the soonest. The much-awaited Challaghatta metro station of the Purple Line does not have drinking water facility for commuters and staff, annoying both equally. Yashavanth Chavan, […]
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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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Twenty lifts in Bengaluru Metro stations are under maintenance for several days. Lifts in metro stations like Baiyappanahalli and Jayanagar, as well as 18 others have been under maintenance for a while now and require administrative attention. Officials say people have to wait longer for the lifts to be fixed. The lift near the Old […]
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Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) strictly follows the mandate of wearing masks in public places. BMRCL is the only transport service to follow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) mandate of wearing masks in public places. BBMP, since June, has made masks mandatory in places like railway stations, bus stands, hospitals, schools, colleges and other […]
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The passengers have to wait in long queues to exit the metro station during peak hours. Bengaluru: The number of Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) machines in the metro stations with high footfall is same as those in the metro stations with low footfall. This causes inconvenience to passengers as this leads to them waiting in […]
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Lack of dedicated spaces at the metro station means that citizens have to park their vehicles on roads which causes more congestion all over the city. Bengaluru: Bengaluru Metro is for all citizens except for the ones who use a vehicle to get to the metro stations. Commuters travelling to the metro stations with their […]
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With the Kolkata Metro booking system going completely online, frequenters are divided on its merits. With the ticket booking system of the Kolkata Metro Railways becoming exclusively online, frequenters have had conflicting reactions to it and need assistance. Numerous tutorial videos have surfaced on YouTube teaching people on how to use the app. The authorities […]
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Classical dancers performed barefoot on a damaged footpath in order to trigger some response towards fixing the path. By Aiswarya Sriram Bengaluru, March 19, 2019. Malleshwaram Social Group, a resident welfare organization in Malleshwaram recently conducted a movement called #footpathbeku (Need Footpath). They performed Bharatanatyam (an Indian dance form that requires dancing without wearing any […]
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