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Delhi Metro | Delhi University students protest against Metro fare hike

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New Delhi: Students of Delhi University held a demonstration at Central Secretariat Metro station on Tuesday, demanding a rollback of the hike in Metro fares and concessional passes for them. A group of Delhi University students were detained when they were marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan with their demand to rollback metro fare hike. The protesting students, who were bundled up in a bus by police, snapped the wires of the vehicle’s doors and forced it to stop and staged another demonstration on the road. Students, trade unions protest hike in Delhi Metro fares Delhi University’s All India Students Association (AISA) had called for a protest march on Tuesday from Central Secretariat Metro Station to Rashtrapati Bhavan at 1.30 pm, demanding a rollback of metro fare hike along with a slew of other demands. Delhi Police, however, detained over 40 students and took them in a bus from Gate 3 of Central Secretariat Metro Station. The students cut the wires of automatic doors a...

Delhi Metro | Delhi University students protest against Metro fare hike

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New Delhi: Students of Delhi University held a demonstration at Central Secretariat Metro station on Tuesday, demanding a rollback of the hike in Metro fares and concessional passes for them. A group of Delhi University students were detained when they were marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan with their demand to rollback metro fare hike. The protesting students, who were bundled up in a bus by police, snapped the wires of the vehicle’s doors and forced it to stop and staged another demonstration on the road. Students, trade unions protest hike in Delhi Metro fares Delhi University’s All India Students Association (AISA) had called for a protest march on Tuesday from Central Secretariat Metro Station to Rashtrapati Bhavan at 1.30 pm, demanding a rollback of metro fare hike along with a slew of other demands. Delhi Police, however, detained over 40 students and took them in a bus from Gate 3 of Central Secretariat Metro Station. The students cut the wires of automatic doors a...

Delhi Metro | Centre cannot put Metro fare hike on hold, says Union Urban Minister

New Delhi: Four days ahead of the proposed Metro fare hike, the Centre has informed the Delhi government that if the latter is willing to pay an amount of Rs 3,000 crore to the DMRC every year, then a new Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) could be set up, news agency ANI reported. The DMRC, which is... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/d6NYnF

Delhi Metro | UD Ministry to examine issues raised by CM Kejriwal on metro fare revision

New Delhi: The Urban Affairs Ministry will “examine the issues” raised by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the proposed fare hike by the Delhi Metro, a senior official today said. Terming the fare increase as “unacceptable”, Mr. Kejriwal had written to Union Minister for Housing and Urban... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/QYs8j1