Mumbai: Now that it's
getting ready for elections, Mumbai is getting a whole lot of love.
First, the government watered down a hike in train fares to ensure
commuters do not spurn the BJP and its ally, the Shiv Sena, in the
assembly election, expected in the next few months.
Now, permissions have
been received from the shipping and defence ministries for commercial
seaplanes to fly people from Juhu in the western suburban of the city to
Girgaum Chowpatty in South Mumbai. A ticket in a plane that seats four
or seven will cost Rs. 850.
The new service should
launch by Diwali, said Nitin Gadkari, a top leader of the BJP from
Maharashtra and Union Transport Minister.
In February, commercial
seaplane services were launched between Mumbai and Lonavala's Aamby
Valley hill station with the 100-km-long flight taking about 25 minutes,
a fourth of the time it takes for a road journey. The Maharashtra
government had then said it was waiting for clearances for sea-plane
flights between South Mumbai and the suburbs.
The BJP, which swept the
national election last month, is auditioning along with the Sena to form
the new Maharashtra government. The alliance was voted out in 1999, but
the incumbent coalition between Sharad Pawar's NCP and the Congress was
pulverized in thr Lok Sabha elections, winning just six of the state's
48 parliamentary seats.
Source: http://www.ndtv.com
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