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Suburban rail systems in India: Can Bengaluru take a leaf from their books?

December 11, 2018 Sonal Kulkarni

Did you know that Mumbai local trains carry close to 8 million passengers a day? And Kolkata’s is the largest suburban railway network in India by track length and number of stations. The only way Bengaluru can get a suburban rail network comparable to these cities is through more funds, focus and administration.

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City Buzz: Rapid transit system in NCR | Growth forecast for cities | Water cuts in Pune… and more

December 8, 2018 News Desk

Which will be India’s fastest growing city in the next few years? Why is Kolkata gasping for breath? What’s the latest on the planned rapid transit system in the National Capital Region? Read about all this and more in our weekly capsule of city news.

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City buzz: Delhi air quality | Plans for India’s first Justice City | Kolkata public transport | Metro rail news…and more

November 5, 2018 News Desk

Where will India’s first Justice City be? Which city in the country has been ranked on top in terms of public transport options? Why is Mumbai reeling under water crisis? That and more buzz from cities in our weekly news recap.

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City buzz: Mumbai suburban rail risks, ATM scam shocker in Kolkata and villagers’ stir in Pune

August 6, 2018 News Desk

In case you’ve been too busy to track the news from India’s cities, here’s a quick wrap of some of the headlines from last week. Catch up on the latest with City Buzz.

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Travelling to Mangalore by Rajdhani? Here’s what you may expect!

December 25, 2017 Akash K

With poor access and connectivity and glaring infrastructural gaps, the Mangalore Railway Junction station is crying out for attention, but apart from usual election season promises, there has been little action on the front.

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If this is who we are, Swachh Bharat can only be a dream!

February 22, 2017 Sudha Narasimhachar

A journey to the heart of India and back leaves the writer distraught over the lack of civic awareness among educated, urban citizens and the implications for our much vaunted Clean India Mission.

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