Transport

Come May, water taxi services will become operational in and around Mumbai. The decision has been taken after successful completion of goods-cum-passenger ferry service RoPax, launched in 2020, that witnessed one lakh passengers in 20 weeks between Mumbai and Mandwa. Reportedly, water taxis will have 14 to 45 passenger seats and private players will be running the services. Moreover, it has been planned to run water taxis on 12 routes. 

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry received an alert from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on March 21 about a possible cyberattack on the sector. Reportedly, the Ministry urged National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Indian Road Congress (IRC), and automobile makers to conduct the security analysis of their IT systems by CERT-In certified… read-more

Road Transport Ministry will presumably instigate the 'vehicle scrappage' policy by September end. The policy prompts old and polluting vehicles' scrapping in lieu of incentives, and setting up recycling clusters to cut costs. Minister Nitin Gadkari stated, "it is important for revival of auto industry." He opined India can become auto manufacturing hub in coming five years. Government also plans to increase import duties to reduce import… read-more

Maharashtra Government has decided to resume inter-district bus services of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation from August 19. With the new guidelines, passengers will be allowed to use the services of the inter-district buses without requiring e-pass. However, as per the guidelines, passengers will have to adhere to the Standard Operating Procedures issued by the MSRTC. The inter-district MSRTC bus services have been suspended… read-more