Maha-Metro, which is implementing the Pune Metro project, conducted a trial run on Thursday with bicycles on board the metro train between Sant Tukaram Nagar and Phugewadi stations. “The work of Pune Metro is going in full swing. In the coming months, the Metro service will be operational for the public. Maha-Metro has taken a revolutionary step… passengers, while commuting, can carry the bicycle on board the metro train,” said Maha-Metro spokesman Hemant Sonawane.
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The Maharashtra government is taking steps towards the safe reopening of schools, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Thursday. “A circular has been sent to each district collector for coordination between the health and education departments, and to ensure that before September 5, both teaching and non-teaching staff are administered vaccine doses. We are taking steps so that this group can get vaccinated and have directed that special drives are undertaken for the same,” said Tope.
An erroneous allocation of airwaves in restricted frequency bands to telecom provider Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) is threatening the quality of scientific research at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the world’s largest radio telescope operating at metre wavelengths, according to scientists involved in research at the facility.
