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Cell to put bicycles on tracks runs out of gas [1]

Pune The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) under JNNURM was to bring with it 117 kilometres of bicycle tracks giving fresh life to non-motorised transport (NMT) in the city. Accordingly, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had set up a cell two years ago to carry forward the NMT through its extension programme but the project has failed to take off.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution [3], Transport [4], Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) [5], Urban Transport [6], High Capacity Bus [7], Cycles [8], Maharashtra [9]
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