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Karnataka's online citizen services portal touches 30 million deliveries in 5 yearsThe portal has helped citizens avoid physical visits to government offices and cut their interface with officials.- E-governance: Karnataka’s GramaOne logs one-crore plus citizen services in 9 months of launchE-governance secretary V Ponnuraj said they have approached the GramaOne programme in a such way which makes the centres viable as they off...
- Rocky Mountain Institute and Micelio collaborate with Dult to host Urban Mobility Lab in BengaluruAn initiative led by RMI, the Urban Mobility Lab will aim to further accelerate Bengaluru’s transition to shared, clean, and citizen-centri...
- No change? Use digital wallet to buy bus ticket in BangaluruBangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is working on a plan to replace its 10,000 electronic ticketing machines with an Androi...
- CM to decide on BMTC’s 80 electric bus procurementTransport minister DC Thammanna demands outright purchase of buses while city public transport bats for leasing them.
- Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation suffers Rs 88 lakh daily lossThe prospect of a fare-hike leading to a further fall in ridership has put the corporation in a Catch-22 situation.
- BMTC seeks 18% jump in ticket fareBMTC officials ascribe rising costs of operations for the fare revision proposal. “For every ₹100 we spend on operations, BMTC gets only ₹8...
- BMTC to replace 8 lakh bus passes with smart cardsBMTC earlier worked on a similar project in association with Axis Bank. However, the initiative failed as the smart cards were open-loop ca...
- Loss-making BMTC stares at just two options: Raise the fare or seek subsidyThe operational loss of air-conditioned buses is much more than that of ordinary buses. The BMTC spends Rs 80.29 to run an AC bus for a kil...
- Walkers will overtake buses in 5 years, predicts BMTC MDBMTC’s air-conditioned services cater to around 70,000 passengers a day while Namma Metro’s daily ridership is about 3.6 lakh.
- BMTC hopes a uniform blue-&-white colour will restore its original identityThe blue-and-white colour code will apply to nearly 6,000 ordinary buses, while the air-conditioned buses (Vajra and Vayu Vajra services) w...
- AC bus commuters in Bengaluru may feel the fare hike heatEver since air-conditioned buses (Vajra) were inducted, the BMTC was running under a loss. The corporation managed to bring down the losses...
- Karnataka: BMTC buses not to sport advertisements on side panelsIn 2013, the state-run transport utility awarded a five-year contract for advertisements on both sides of a bus above the window panels.
- Breaking down of BMTC buses reduced to halfFor five years since 2011, between five and 10 buses broke down every day, according to experts in the corporation. Reasons were varied: an...
- BMTC to display real-time data on buses at stationsThe transport utility, Ponnuraj said, has worked out a formula where the service provider will not only instal display boards but also shar...
- BMTC won’t buy electric buses, wants private players to run themThe change of plans is apparently due to the high capital cost. For the price of an electric bus which costs around Rs 2.5 crore, the corpo...
- Share your thoughts, BMTC wants to shore up its imagePassengers will be given a slip to write their experiences on cleanliness, maintenance and crew behaviour. In all, there will be 10 questio...
- BMTC buses to have panic buttons & tracking systemsTara Krishnaswamy, member of Citizens for Bengaluru, suggested that the corporation sensitise its staff to handle complaints of harassment ...
- You can soon book a seat on select Bengaluru busesWhile the facility of booking tickets online is already available for longdistance and intercity state-run and private services, no such op...
- Centre curtails Venkaiah Naidu's Private Secretary tenure, few other babus sent backBesides him, there are a few other officers whose central deputation has been suspended and they have been sent back to their parent cadres.
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