On face of it, the following news appear unrelated:
Highlights :
* The number of daily travellers of BEST buses
in Mumbai has dropped from 42 lakh (
per day ) to 25 lakh . BEST’s annual loss
is about Rs 900 crore and its accumulated
loss is over Rs 5,000 crore . BEST will need Rs 10,000 crore in the next 5
/ 6 years
for its existing operations .
BEST’s running cost is Rs 107 per Km ( for its diesel buses )
whereas Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation , just
signed a lease agreement for Electric Buses at
Rs 8.7 per Km
!
[ Ref : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/ev-electricvehicles-eesl- wetlease.html ]
Mumbai: Price capping for
your taxi and auto rides to be delayed further
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-price-capping-for-your-taxi-and-auto-rides-to-be-delayed-further/story-4hGjTJJo1DL2WZKsaT3nWN.html
Highlights :
* During peak hours , UBER / OLA charge a “
surge price “ which is 4 to 5 times the normal price !
Khatua Panel – 2016 ( which
reviewed the recommendations of Hakim Panel – 2012 ) wants this limited to 2.5
times ( still taking advantage of the fact that the citizens do not have a
faster / cheaper / better alternative ! )
Dutch may soon get paid for
cycling to work
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/dutch-may-soon-get-paid-for-cycling-to-work/articleshow/64609156.cms
Highlights
:
One innovative idea is to compensate employees
for cycling to work, with Van Veldhoven proposing a reimbursement
of 19 cents ( Rs 15
) per kilometre cycled from home and back
Van Veldhoven is to discuss the proposal and other ways of
promoting bicycle use
through fiscal rewards such as subsidies to buy bicycles " with major
national employers
and small and medium enterprises," her ministry said in a
statement.
More than
half of people's daily trips in the Netherlands are less
than 7.5 kilometres and
more
than half live less than 15 kilometres from work.
"With
the development of the electric bicycle, this distance can easily be covered," the
ministry
added, saying nearly 100 million euros have been budgeted to increase bicycle
roads and
its parking space.