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The accident occurred around 2.45 pm near Vishram Chowk in Awantika. The bus hit a car, then an e-rickshaw and two-wheelers parked on the side of a road, they said. Police have the CCTV footage of the crash.
The new additions will take the Delhi Transport Corporation's (DTC) electric bus fleet to 400.
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A complaint addressed to Delhi LG V K Saxena in June this year had claimed that the appointment of the Minister of Transport as the chairman of the committee for tendering and procurement of buses by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was done in a "premeditated manner".
But, as the subsidies subside, the government will need to identify a sustainable source of funding to keep the services up and running.
According to an official statement released on Friday, the DTC and DMRC have signed an agreement to build state-of-the-art bus terminals in the national capital.
The Delhi cabinet earlier this year approved the engagement of 300 low-floor electric AC buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation.
The AAP-led city government also denied reports that extra amount of Rs 1,000 crore was to be paid to manufacturers of 1,000 low floor buses being procured by the DTC, for comprehensive annual maintenance contract.
A long-standing demand from the stakeholders is either a reduction or elimination of STT (Securities Transaction Tax) and CTT (Commodities Transaction Tax)
Women will be given pink tickets in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses to avail the free-ride scheme, which started on Bhai Dhooj.
The announcement by Kejriwal at an event here, comes a day ahead of the roll out of the AAP government's scheme to make travel free of cost for women in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses.
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the decision to hire the 2,000 extra buses on Thursday.
The slab rates proposed would rationalise the present ones and do away with surcharges.
On August 10, a senior Pakistani minister has announced to suspended the friendship bus service from Monday.
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the bus service had been affected and the number of passengers using it had gone down.
The Delhi government and the Centre are 50:50 equity partners in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Police said the incident took place at around 3.15 am.
"This was necessary in view of rising air pollution to encourage more and more people to use public transport," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told reporters.
The 'common mobility card' facility can be availed by any passenger by presenting her/his metro smart card to the bus conductor
The top court questioned as to why all 2,000 buses are standard-floor buses and not low-floor buses.
While the public can utilise the CMC in over 200 DTC buses and 50 cluster buses initially, the card, that operates like a debit card, will be functional in all metro trains, DTC buses and cluster buses from April 1 onwards
The rollout plan for the procurement of 2,000 CNG propelled standard non-AC buses -- 1,000 each for DTC and Cluster Scheme -- has been finalised by the Transport department, an official statement said.
The odd-even car rationing scheme will be rolled out in Delhi for five days from November 13 as part of a graded response plan to tackle the alarming level of pollution in the city.
To a question raised by AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the Delhi Assembly, he said feeder buses will also improve last mile connectivity and will not cause traffic congestion on narrow roads.