On Monday, while responding to the reporters, he said, “The government of Delhi is planning to provide free WiFi to the bus passengers at the earliest”. We are in touch with some big companies.
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The national convener of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party also hiked the allowance of DTC bus drivers, who drive up to 2,250 km in a month from Rs.
Kejriwal was speaking in an award ceremony at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in Delhi.
The transport minister Gopal Rai also awarded the best performing depots, which includes Ghazipur, Millennium Depot-IV, Hari Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar Depot, Rohini Depot-IV and a few more.
“Kejriwal was not holding by-elections to the 13 MCD wards due to his failure to fulfill the promises made to the people, fearing that AAP will be inflicted a crushing defeat by the people, over their failed policies and promises”, he said.
Mr Kejriwal said that power tariff was steep in the city as it is purchasing more than half of its power consumption needs at high cost of Rs 5.50 per unit. Kejriwal added that on an average, the salary of contractual drivers will be enhanced in the range of Rs 2500 to Rs 4500 per month.
He also suggested the DTC authorities to adopt a suggestion box system in which any employee could drop their ideas for improving performance.
Several leading Internet and telecom sector companies, including Google, Facebook and Ericsson, held discussions with the Kejriwal led-Delhi government, regarding its ambitious city-wide free Wi-Fi project last Friday. 68,52,85,378 while in August 2015, it raised to Rs.
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The announcement, which comes months after contractual staff had protested at the Delhi Secretariat, will come as a welcome step for thousands of drivers and conductors working on contract. Furthermore, CCTV cameras are being installed on all the low floor buses and will be completed very soon.
