LNG terminal approved as dispensing station
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The Kochi terminal of Petronet LNG Ltd has become the country’s first LNG dispensing station.
The Petroleum Explosive and Safety Organisation has issued permanent licence to the terminal to provide automotive fuel to motor vehicles.
The licence was issued after a year-long trial run, which was deemed successful. The company is expected to set up more such stations across Kerala with the support of the State government. LNG stations would ensure development of a green ecosystem that would reduce pollution, Yogananda Reddy, Chief General Manager and Vice President (Plant Head), said.
KSRTC reduces fares by 30%
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For Volvo, Scania, and multi-axle buses within State from today
In a bid to increase patronage, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has reduced bus fares by 30% in services operated by Volvo, Scania, and multi-axle buses within the State from Friday.
It has also decided to reduce fares of air-conditioned low-floor JnNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) buses by slashing the fares hiked during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. While the minimum charge for 5 km has been retained at ₹26, the fare for subsequent km has been reduced from 187 to 126 paise.
‘Govt. policy is to help RTC; ₹6,000 cr. given in 5 years’
The government has expressed willingness to form an independent society under it instead of floating a legally independent company, KSRTC-SWIFT, for operating long-distance buses under the proposed restructure of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
The offer to form the society was extended by Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac on Friday to win over the three recognised trade unions of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) that are opposing the formation of the independent company.
At the talks in the presence of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran and KSRTC Chairman and Managing Director Biju Prabhakar in the Secretariat here, Dr. Isaac said the formation of the society was the alternative that the government could offer.
No bus service after 8 pm - Mangaluru-Kasargod commuters suffer
Wed, Jan 27 2021 03:14:57 PM
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Jan 27: Commuters are in distress and facing problems as there are no bus services between Mangaluru and Kasargod (NH 66) after 8 pm.
Government buses of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation run only from 5.30 am to 8 pm.
According to the officials of Kerala Road Transport Corporation, as the cases of Covid-19 have not declined in Kerala and there are no adequate number of passengers, the department has suspended bus services early.
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It may be recalled that after buses services were suspended in March last year following Covid-19 pandemic, by the both governments, the service was resumed after 8 months in November. Initially, both the states resumed 20 buses. But in the month of December, 30 buses were deployed for the service. From the past few days, the l