After an unprecedented gap of 170 days, Tamilnadu resumed public transportation today with the operations of Metro Rail in Chennai and inter-district bus and train services. Continue Reading
The whole nation is expected to come to a standstill tomorrow for the Janta curfew announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Continue Reading
As many as 4,850 government school students have travelled in Metro as part of educational trip organised by CMRL in August. Continue Reading
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has announced that payment for parking charges at Metro stations will be accepted only through CMRL travel card from 1 August. Continue Reading
Metro Rail is certainly a matter for great celebration for Chennaiites. But Metro Rail is also a miserable metaphor for the laggard, leisurely, laboured pace at which our cherished city is struggling to become a real, well, metro. As we rejoice at the latest locomotive landmark, we can’t also avoid rueing the missed and messed opportunities. The hoot that heralded the first Metro Rail was also a wake-up call. Continue Reading