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NEWS

Two laning of Mughal Road Pavements get
stencil-concrete
joint venture formed by the New Delhi based Rodic cover
A Consultants Private Limited and the Pune-based Monarch
Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Private Limited has oon, pavements in Mumbai
been finalised by NHIDCL to render consultation on the pre- Swill have a new look with
construction works. stencil concrete cover, replacing
The proposed two-laning of Mughal Road that connects paver blocks. According to
Kashmir Valley with Pir Panchal region of Jammu province. BMC officials, the concrete
Declaring the Mughal Road as “National Highway” and footpath is less expensive
constructing a tunnel between Zaznar and Chattapani would compared to paver blocks
make it an all-weather thoroughfare which otherwise remains and easy to maintain. There is more to make footpaths
closed for vehicular movement during winters due to heavy pedestrian-friendly and free of encroachments.
snowfall.

FASTag cards for petrol, toll and
parking fee...

o ensure faster roll-out of electronic toll collection
Tacross the country, FASTags would soon be available
at petrol pumps and later, these might be used as cards
for buying petrol and paying parking fees.
Launching bank-neutral FASTags issued by IHMCL, these
will be available at 50 select petrol pumps initially and the
number would be increased to 100 by the next financial year.
The petrol outlets will get Rs 100 for sale of every FASTag.
Two FASTag mobile apps are also launched recently.
The My FASTag Customer App has the distinction of real-
time recharge of any FASTag through UPI, it links IHMCL
Women-only taxi service at FASTag with customer’s bank account and there is no
need to install multiple banks applications. Wallet services
Bengaluru Airport are also proposed in the near future.

pecial cabs driven by women were recently launched
Sat the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
(BLR Airport). Aimed at strengthening safety and security
for women passengers, the facility was introduced by the Cameras on Cabs
Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation and
Bangalore International Airport Limited. he Gurugram traffic police is planning to install cameras
The women drivers will be fluent in multiple Ton top of cabs and police vans to record violations
languages, well versed with local areas and trained and send challans, real time. The move was aimed at
in self-defense tactics. Equipped with several safety reducing dependency on constables to track violations
features, including GPRS tracking and an SOS switch, and bring down chances of corruption. This will also
the concept reinforces the attention to issues related reduce face-offs between violators and cops on the road.
to women travellers by both KSTDC and BIAL. As part of a mechanism to help the city move
The initiative – launched on an experimental basis – smoothly, the police is also planning to involve local
will commence with a fleet of 10 cars and will gradually residents to take pictures of wrongly parked cars and
increase based on demand and passenger feedback. send them an app. This will ensure traffic violations like
Apart from solo female travellers, a group of women haphazard parking, wrong-side driving, lane and signal
can also avail the facility. jumping etc are brought under control.

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