Govt moots pan India Common Mobility Travel Card

A prepaid smart card that will allow denizens to travel in public transport- bus, auto-rickshaw, taxi and even book railway tickets pan India

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Central Government's Department of Urban Transport Common is working on a Mobility Card-a prepaid smart card that will allow denizens to travel in public transport- bus, auto-rickshaw, taxi and even book railway tickets pan India.

The card aims to simplify transportation on the lines of cities like London's Octopus, Singapore or more like Holland, the only country to implement Integrated Ticketing System states a DNA report.

The plan, to implement the service, was discussed at a three-day-conference on Sub - Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport - Training Workshop cum Policy Dialogue in South Asia by Officer in Special Duty (Urban Transport), Sanjeev Kumar Lohiya said.

Lohiya said Jaipur has become the first city to implement the system and cities in Karnataka will follow the suit soon. When asked about Gujarat, he said they would like Gujarat to take lead in the scheme but so far they have not heard anything from authorities here. He also mentioned that the card will a have system to detect different ticket fares as per various services available in different pockets of city. he added that the green ticketing system will be secure as it will not allow duplication. The move will also reduce the burden, of carrying cash and change, on commuters and simultaneously will make it easier for the conductor who will no more have to go collecting the tickets.

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