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BEST to acquire electric buses

Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) is looking at acquiring electric buses to replace some of its aging and dilapidated fleet of city buses. Industry sources claim that five electric buses would be added to the BEST bus fleet under a central government scheme. Stress would be on Lithium-ion batteries, which when once charged, would provide a range of[Read More…]

by May 31, 2016 Domestic, News
Maruti felicitates women cab drivers

Maruti felicitates women cab drivers

Maruti Suzuki India felicitated ten Mumbai-based women for successfully completing their professional driver training course in partnership with Priyadarshini Taxi Service. Those felicitated come from an economically less privileged background, and were trained in professional driving under ‘Unnati’, a pan-India initiative of Maruti Suzuki. Through Unnati the Company aims to impart safe driving skills, encourage driving as a profession and[Read More…]

by May 31, 2016 Domestic, News

NCR recipients get 5100 e-rickshaws

  At an event organised by the Bhartiya Micro Credit (BMC) programme under the Mudra Yojna Scheme at Noida, 5100 e-rickshaws were distributed to buyers including 100 women and transgenders. The recipients of e-rickshaws were also provided an insurance cover. Set to ply in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad, the e-rickshaws, claimed sources, will be accessible through apps. like[Read More…]

by May 31, 2016 Domestic, News
Micro from Ola

Micro from Ola

Ola has extended the ‘Ola Micro’ economy AC cab ride scheme, which is structured at Rs.6 per km, to six additional cities in India, taking the total count to 13 cities. Available in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore and Guwahati, Ola Micro base fares are claimed to start at as low as Rs.20.[Read More…]

by May 31, 2016 Domestic, News