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Airline unions come together to discuss roadmap post Air India sale
India
Following the government’s recent decision to sell the public sector Air India to Tatas, various trade unions in the organization did a lot of soul-searching yesterday and decided that they must learn from the firm farmers’ agitation.
Indie Journal

Erasing double-deckers is just another step in making transport undemocratic
Opinion
I have been travelling by BEST buses and local trains in Mumbai for the last 50 years. Because of my frugal lifestyle, I have enough savings to buy a car but I have refused to buy one all these years and at the age of 77 now I can manage very well. The car is mainly a status symbol, it can be useful at times but one can easily manage without it. Anti people, pro-car, anti-public transport policies are at the root of Mumbai’s traffic crisis.
BEST Boy

A reassuring victory
Opinion
The victory was gained amidst stiff opposition from section of the bureaucracy and the ruling Shiv Sena party in the municipal corporation which controls BEST. The success is a morale booster for the entire trade union movement.
Bestbuses

The administration has contempt for the public
Opinion
The civic body goes out way not only to provide a free hand-outs to the wealthy but announces them. One is seldom likely to see any signage for amenities for ordinary people, of course few such facilities are there in the first place.
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Inverted Priorities
India
India provides just 1.2 buses per 1000 population, well below South Africa with 6.5 and Russia 6.1. In Bihar it is only 0.02 and in Bengal 0.2 This is an appalling picture of which the Indian ruling class should be ashamed.

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