Vote for BJP in urban local bodies" poll for "triple engine" govt in UP: Adityanath
UP: Man booked for attempting to rape 5-year-old girl
Congress to mark 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra with concert in Jaipur
BJYM, Hindu outfits put off planned protest march at AMU
Karachi battles gas crisis; residents face unannounced load shedding, 2-hr gas supply in a day
Elderly man in judicial custody dies during treatment in UP hospital
Himachal Pradesh skittle Haryana for 46, take 200-run lead on Day 1
Pak court grants protective bail to PM Shehbaz"s son Suleman in money laundering case
British Library celebrates India ties with exhibition on Hampi
Nine policemen suspended after suspect dies in police custody in UP
Gangster"s property attached in UP"s Pratapgarh district
Maoists torch construction company vehicles in Jharkhand’s Chatra district
Sino-India border situation "generally stable": China on Yangtse clash
Babar Azam not taking advice from seniors, claims Shahid Afridi
Qlite Global launches their exclusive Grand Experience Centre
"Disillusioned with central leadership": Sikkim BJP president says he has resigned
2001 attack anniversary: Ready to guard new Parliament if directed, say CRPF heroes
Class 2 student dies after scuffle with fellow students in UP
Three killed in accident in UP"s Lakhimpur KheriLakhimpur Kheri (UP), Dec 13 (PTI) Three motorcycle borne youths were killed and "
Abandoned girl child from Assam adopted by Spanish professor
Agartala, May 25 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has written to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, requesting him to arrange additional flights to Agartala to ease passenger rush arising out of suspension of long distance train services to the state capital due to landslides in neighbouring Assam.Saha stated that all the long distance trains connecting Agartala have been suspended since May 13 due to massive landslides in Assam"s Dima Hasao district and it will take at least two months to restore the services.“It (the restoration) will take a minimum of two months provided there is no rainfall during the restoration works. Due to this, all the express train service has been stopped in and from Agartala. The condition of Assam-Agartala national highway is not good."To ease the problem, it is requested that additional flights may kindly be introduced from Kolkata to Agartala and back, Delhi and Agartala and back and Agartala to Guwahati and back”, he said in the letter on May 21.Saha also urged the central minister to look into the matter personally and instruct the airline operators for introducing additional flights on the sectors.The cost of a ticket for Agartala-Kolkata route has increased to Rs 6,300, while the return ticket costs at Rs 5,598.An air ticket for Agartala-Delhi sector costs Rs 15,400, while the same for return is available at Rs 11,600.The price of an air ticket for Agartala-Chennai route is hovering around Rs 19,000, while a return journey costs Rs 11,200, according to industry sources.“Air ticket prices in important locations have more than doubled because of the disruption in train service to the state. Normally, a ticket for Agartala- Delhi route is around Rs 6,500 to Rs 7,000 this season but now it has gone up to Rs 15,000! It will go up further if additional flights are not arranged”, said an official of Hindustan Tours & Travels here on Wednesday.Altogether 19 flights carried 4,745 passengers in and from the airport here on May 23 and 5,218 people used the facility on May 22, said an Airports Authority India (AAI) official. PTI PS BDC BDC
Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.
