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Hyderabad: Public transport in Hyderabad will become all the more efficient with Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) planning to integrate its service with metro rail. This decision came soon after Telangana’s Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao promising to roll out two more phases of Hyderabad Metro Rail in coming three months. TSRTC is now looking to firm up plans to offer enhanced connectivity to commuters. Suni Sharma, Roads and buildings principal secretary shared that RTC will soon integrate its services with the metro rail network. This will ensure a smooth and hassle-free commute for those taking public transport. Sharma made this announcement during an expert committee meeting at Bus Bhavan early this week. The meeting was chaired by Transport minister P Mahender Reddy who shared reforms will be rolled out in RTC. Present in the meeting were Somarapu Satyanarayana (Chairman of RTC) along with TSRTC executive director Purushottam Naik and Telangana Mazdoor ...

Chennai:The much needed foot over-bridge (FoB) in front of Alandur metro station is yet to be constructed, as tenders floated twice by CMRL failed to find a contractor. Commuters heading to the station are still forced to cross the busy GST Road or walk a few metres from the station to take a dimly lit subway. Metro rail officials said they were not able to find a contractor as they were not satisfied with the deal suggested by companies that had applied. CMRL first floated tenders to build the foot over-bridge in late 2016 and later in early 2017. The plan was get the facility in place before the end of this year. Companies that had applied asked for more time to meet the CMRL"s specifications, metro officials said. According to their tender invite, the company that takes up the contract would have to build the bridge with additional facilities like escalators and elevators for the convenience of pedestrians. Alandur metro station, which is an elevate...