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New Delhi : Metro commuters will soon be able to pay bus fares using their metro smart card. The common mobility card facility is likely to be made available from Friday to commuters. The announcement was made by State Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. Gahlot said that from August 24 commuters taking the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses will now be able to pay bus fares using metro smart cards. The passenger will be required to give his smart card to conductor while hitching a ride. Once the smart card is swiped, the fare will be deducted from the card of the commuter. According to a Hindustan Times report, the scheme, which was first announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier this year. Now this scheme is finally seeing the light of the day with this facility rolling out on all 5,500 buses. Thought with five months delay, but commuters will rejoice this move. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting presided by Gahlot. The meeting was held to finali...

New Delhi:  It is good news to commuters of Delhi Metro and DTC buses that now they can use a common smart card to travel on Metro as well as buses in Delhi NCR. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), Integrated Multimodal Transport System of Delhi (DIMTS) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) jointly launched the common mobility card on monday as a pilot project. This facility will currently be available in 250 – 200 DTCs and 50 cluster buses, the government expects to cover the entire network by April 2018. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) jointly launched the common mobility card on monday Launching the pilot project, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said public transport users could travel smoothly between the Delhi subway and the buses. Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh, DTC President and CEO Sandeep Kumar and Delhi General Secretary Anshu Prakash were also present at the event. The 250 buses – 50 cluster buses of the Bahadur ...

New Delhi: After years of delay,  common mobility cards  are going to be a reality in Delhi as the first 500 buses having the facility will be rolled out in two weeks from now. The Delhi government has begun procuring chips known as Secure Access Modules (SAMs) from South Korea to ensure cashless transportation in the city. These chips will be fitted in the electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) that have already been handed over to the bus conductors. “The Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) is procuring the first 100 SAM chips from South Korea as they are not available in India. These will be rolled out immediately. We need 2000 more such chips for cluster buses for which tenders have already been floated. The bidder is expected to import the same product for us,” said a transport official. In the first phase, the government will introduce this system in 100 cluster buses and 400 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses. The DTC i...