This connection comes astatine a clip erstwhile parties person promised concessions successful Metro passes for schoolhouse and assemblage students if they triumph the February 5 elections.
The Centre told the Rajya Sabha connected Monday that authorities governments person to devise their ain mechanics if they privation to connection concessions successful Metro passes. This connection comes astatine a clip erstwhile parties person promised concessions successful Metro passes for schoolhouse and assemblage students if they triumph the February 5 elections.
The Union authorities said truthful successful reply to CPI(M) MP A A Rahim who sought to cognize whether it was “ready to instrumentality concessional Metro passes for students” successful Delhi Metro, what steps had been taken and what were the hurdles delaying the same. Rahim besides asked if the Centre was acceptable to instrumentality concessional Metro passes for students crossed country.
In his response, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal said the fare operation of the Delhi Metro was arsenic per the proposal of the statutory Fare Fixation Committee that is binding connected Metro companies.
“Further… acrophobic authorities governments are liable for sustainability of operations of Metro companies… immoderate benignant of concession… needs to beryllium implemented done a abstracted mechanics without affecting regular fare structure…” Lal added.
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