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The new transport minister said that the government is planning to revive all old 70 tram routes that used to exist in Kolkata. There are also plans for a new route from Dakshineswar to Kalighat with a possible extension to New Town.

The government has engaged with RITES to study how to revive the network.

Finally some great news about trams!

Source: https://backend.delhimetrorail.com/documents/11133/NIT-DMRC-PB-50.pdf

In a new tender released by the DMRC, they are seeking bids from advertising firms for audio advertisements in the Delhi Metro.

The plan is to have these ads running in 4 lines, with the following rates monthly(they're calling these rates MG minimum guarantee):

Red,Yellow line: 15 lakhs

Blue line: 16 lakhs

Magenta line: 6.5 lakhs

The revenue share for these ads will be 85-15% between DMRC and the Advertising firm. If in a specific month the revenue is greater than MG, DMRC will receive a higher amount based on the share above.

This is just a tender for now but it's great to see the DMRC plan for ways to increase non-fare box revenue. As most of these lines have high traffic during commute hours (which is when I believe they'll run these ads) then it may not even be that disturbing to the users.

Currently India's steel industry has an emission intensity of 2.55 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of crude steel, which is higher than the global average of 1.9 tonnes. Steel making contributes nearly 10-12% of India's total greenhouse gas emissions. As the government plans for a steel making capacity of 300 million tonne by 2030 and 400 million tonnes by 2035, they're encouraging the industry to shift to cleaner means of steel production.

"The government is working on to introduce a major initiative to promote clean technologies in the steel industry with a financial outlay of Rs 5,000 crore. The scheme, named the National Strategy for Sustainable Secondary Steel, is expected to be rolled out within the next three months."