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Shashank Rao

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Shashank Rao

    WR uses long-distance track for locals to bypass ‘Thambivali’ halt (opens the original)

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    Mumbai: Western Railway has started running local trains on the fifth line meant primarily for long-distance trains between Borivali and Andheri to bypass the recurring halt between Borivali and Kandivali that commuters have mockingly dubbed ‘Thambivali’. At least 10 local services from Borivali towards Churchgate are currently operating on the fifth line every day, mainly during non-peak hours, to avoid delays of up to five minutes between the two stations. Passengers began calling the stretch

  2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Shashank Rao

    BEST plans to hike fines for wet-lease operators over faulty buses (opens the original)

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    Mumbai: Amid concerns that operators sometimes run buses with faults to meet daily operating targets, BEST has decided to increase penalties on wet-lease operators for putting buses with technical defects on the road. The proposal comes days after a wet-leased BEST bus on route 312 was involved in an accident at GTB Nagar, where its driver reported that the brake pedal got stuck while trying to stop the vehicle. BEST currently fines operators ₹500 per day when its staff detects a technical defec

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Shashank Rao

    IRCTC records highest 1-day booking of over 2mn tickets ahead of festive season (opens the original)

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    The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) recorded its highest-ever single-day ticket booking of over two million on September 7 amid festive season demand, it said on Thursday. IRCTC said 20,06,353 tickets were booked on September 7, surpassing the previous peak of 18,40,203 during last year’s festive season. The system handled another 19,50,699 bookings on September 8. “About 89% of all reserved railway tickets are currently booked online, making the capacity and reliability

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Shashank Rao

    BEST proposes ₹1,111-cr wage revision; wet-lease hike alone ₹475 crore (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI: The BEST has proposed an upward revision in the salaries of its own employees as well as those of wet-lease operators, placing an additional burden of ₹1,111 crore on the undertaking, year on year. This includes ₹475 crore a year for 9,000-odd wet-lease staff, of which 7,000 are bus drivers. The proposal follows a recent agitation by the BEST Sanyukt Kamgar Kruti Samiti, the joint action committee of employee unions. The committee, in June, had demanded implementation of the Seventh Pay

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Shashank Rao

    Govt revives plan to raze Mumbai airport slums, in situ rehab proposed (opens the original)

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    MUMBAI: The Adani Group-led Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) could expand the Mumbai airport by 15% if the slum settlements on its periphery are cleared. While previous attempts to clear these settlements stayed grounded, there is a renewed push due to the impending demolition of Terminal-1. Together, the land vacated by the slums and that freed up by razing the old terminal could give MIAL room to expand its operations, including runway and terminal infrastructure. It is not known wh

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