Calcutta Tram Company, Chairman, Shantilal Jain while speaking in a seminar organised by Bengal National Chamber Of Commerce and Industries announced that trams will again be plying from Tollygunge to Mominpur and Tollygunge to Ballygunge after remaining out of service for seven years. The trams will
operate on Tollygunge-Mominpur route from coming Bengali new year, while Tollygunge-Ballygunge route is expected to be operational by Durga Puja. CTC will soon be inducting around 100 buses to operate in the city roads, and surveys are being carried on for reserved tramways in Salt Lake, Bantala, and New Town.
Mr. Jain said that trams don't cause traffic jams, the actual culprit is the faulty traffic system and that provided a dedicated path, they can operate at a speed as high as 25kmph, he also reminded that earlier trams had a reserved path along with platforms. An airconditioned, single body tram is going to join the existing fleet by March which will be operated on contract basis for the time being. A tram exhibiting pictures of Swami Vivekanand will be running for a month from Wednessday. The Chairman said that there
are numerous plans to develop CTC, like renovation of Esplanade Tram Depot, laying of tram tracks along the banks of Ganges to ensure pollution free traffic, induction of Cafetaria and Banquet trams for commercial purposes are just to name a few. He said that CTC won't be selling any of its land to raise money rather it will be looking for new avenues and alternate sources of revenue
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