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Airlines ferries 78.72 lakh people from scheduled castes/tribes. A ferry 88,000-118,000 passengers per
passenger in March total of 5,100 e-rickshaws were intro- day, or undertake 100 trips daily, for
duced by Ola in partnership with micro- the Railways to keep it financially vi-
The aviation sector is continuing to see finance lender Bhartiya Micro Credit able, according to a report by the In-
a spurt in traffic and many domestic (BMC). This number will be scaled up dian Institute of Management
airlines posted a good growth as they in the coming months to take the ser- Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
ferried 78.72 lakh passengers in March vice to more small towns across the
with no-frills carrier Indigo carrying country. The report states if Railways set the
most passengers during the same pe- ticket price at Rs 1,500 for 300-km
riod. India plans more rail link drive per person 15 years after the
with Nepal to boost operation, it will have to ferry between
While the overall passenger growth economy 88,000 and 110,000 passengers every
stood at around 5.3 per cent, the mar- day to ensure it repays the loans on
ket share of Indigo jumped to 38.4 per India is looking to build at least five time.
cent in March, followed by Jet Airways new rail links with Nepal to boost eco-
at 17.6 per cent and AI (14.7 per nomic links with the strategically lo- Japan has offered a concessional loan of
cent). Data from DGCA showed that cated landlocked country which has no Rs 97,636 crore to fund 80% of the
local airlines carried 78.72 lakh passen- railway system of its own to boast of. project. For the remaining 20%, the
gers last month compared to 74.76 authors assume an 8% average rate of
lakh in February. Over the past several "Many railway stations on the Indian interest (on Rs 20,000 crore to be
months, more number of people has side (in the states of Uttar Pradesh and funded by Centre). Japan has offered a
been travelling by air. Bihar) are very close to the border. It's 15-year moratorium on loan, so revenue
a question of extending the lines," said concerns will arise from the 16th year.
Ola starts e-rickshaw in one of the people who did not want to
Delhi be named. "We expect the two links Dial 139 to cancel train
under construction (in the state of ticket
Ride-hailing service Ola (ANI Technolo- Bihar) are to be completed in two
gies Pvt. Ltd) has launched an e-rick- years or so," the person said, adding From now on, railway passengers can
shaw category on its platform for the that land acquisition was the main cancel their confirmed train tickets by
National Capital Region centred on problem dogging the two projects. just dialing 139. The passenger has to
Delhi. The service was inaugurated by dial 139 giving details of the confirmed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bullet train will need 100 ticket for cancelling it and the sender
launch of the 'Stand Up India' initiative daily trips to be financially will get a one-time password (OTP).
in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi. viable Passenger has to reach the Passenger
Reservation System (PRS) counter and
The initiative is meant to promote en- The proposed bullet train between reveal the OTP to claim refund. One
trepreneurship among women and Mumbai and Ahmedabad will have to can also cancel using IRCTC website.
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