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Indian Railways has started running a pair of 100 trains from today - 1st Jun 2020, after a gap of over two months due to coronavirus lockdown across India. Mahanagari Express, the first train among 200 special trains to start today, departed from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. States such as Maharashtra have had their reservations regarding the opening of passenger trains, but last minute arrangements were made to run the special trains from their respective source stations.

1) Passengers to reach station 90 minutes in advance

2) Along with Fully confirmed and RAC passengers, partially Waitlisted Ticket holders (if in single PNR there are confirmed and WL passengers both) also allowed.

Not Allowed - Waitlisted passengers.

3) Passengers will be compulsorily screened and only those found asymptomatic will be allowed to board trains. All passengers must wear face covers/masks at the entry and during travel.

4) If during screening at the station a passenger has very high temperature/symptoms of Covid-19 etc., he shall not be allowed to travel despite having confirmed tickets. In such case full refund shall be provided to the passenger.

5) Maintaining social distance is a must all the time.

6) Use of Arogya Setu app mandatory.

7) First chart shall be prepared at least 4 hours before scheduled departure and second chart shall be prepared at least 2 hours (unlike present practice of 30 minutes) before scheduled departure.

8) No unreserved (UTS) tickets will be issued and no tickets will be issued onboard to any passenger during the journey.

9) If during screening at the station a passenger has very high temperature/symptoms of Covid-19 etc., he shall not be allowed to travel despite having confirmed tickets. In such case full refund shall be provided to passenger as under:-

On PNR having single passenger.

On a party ticket if one passenger is found unfit to travel and also all other passengers on the same PNR do not want to travel in that case full refund shall be granted for all passengers.

10) There will be no unreserved coach in the train.

The Coimbatore Metro is a proposed rapid transit system for Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. In December 2017.

The Coimbatore Metro route would allow you to explore all these stunning places and more at a reasonable fare. Moreover, you’d be able to cover all the popular tourist destinations in a minimal time.

March 2023: The state government of Tamil Nadu, in its budget, allocated funds to Coimbatore metro on Monday. Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan stated that the government plans to allocate approximately Rs 9000 Crores to the Coimbatore metro rail project.

The announcement was made by finance minister Palanivel Thiaga rajan during his budget speech inn the assembly.

Coimbatore Metro will be divided into three phases according to the full project report. Two corridors have been planned in the first phase, with the first connecting Vellalore Bus Terminal to PSG Foundry through Ukkadam Bus Stand and offering airport line connectivity from Park Plaza (totally covering 31.73 km).

The Collectorate Metro will be connected to Valliyum Palayam Pirivu via the second corridor ( 14.13 km).
The Collectorate Metro will be the connecting station for these lines, and it will most likely be built in the Collectorate's eastern end. A brief description of each phase is discussed below.

Coimbatore Metro Phase I

Corridor 1: PSG Foundry-Vellalore Bus Terminal There will be 26 stations in the first corridor of Coimbatore metro route, which will stretch from Vellalore Bus Terminal to PSG Foundry and will have airport connectivity:

Vellalore Bus Terminal
Mettur
Rail Kalyana Mandapam
Podanur Junction
Thiruvalluvar Nagar
Kurichi Pirivu
Karumbukkadai
Ukkadam Bus Stand
Town Hall
Coimbatore Junction Station
Collectorate Metro
GKNM Hospital
Lakshmi Mills
Nava India
Peelamedu Pudur
Fun Republic Mall
Hopes College
Coimbatore Medical College
SITRA Circle
MGR Nagar
PLS Nagar
Venkitapuram
Park Plaza
Neelambur
PSG Foundry and Coimbatore Airport

Coimbatore Metro Phase II

Corridor II : Vaiyampalayam Pirivu-Collectorate Metro
There will be 13 stations in the second corridor of Coimbatore metro route, which will stretch from Collectorate Metro to Valiyampalayam Pirivu and will have airport connectivity:

Collectorate Metro
Ram Nagar
Gandhipuram Bus Stand
OmniBus Stand
Moor Market
Ganapathy Pudur
Athipalayam Junction
Ramakrishna Mill
Vinayagapuram, Chitra Nagar
Saravanampatti
Viswasapuram
VGP Nagar
Valiyampalayam Pirivu.

Pragyan (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञान, romanized: prajñāna, lit. wisdom Pronunciation was the rover of Chandrayaan-2 and is the rover for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, two lunar missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-2 launched on 22 July 2019.

Pragyan was destroyed along with its lander, Vikram, when it crash-landed on the Moon on 6 September 2019 and never got the chance to deploy. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 occurred on 14 July 2023, at 2:35 pm IST, and landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023.

The 26kg rover called Pragyaan (the Sanskrit word for wisdom) was carried to the Moon in the Vikram lander's belly.

It was landed on Moon 23/08/2023 at 6.04pm.
After landing 24/08/2023, panels on one side of Vikram opened to deploy a ramp to enable Pragyaan to slide down to the lunar surface.

It will now roam around the rocks and craters, gathering crucial data and images to be sent back to Earth for analysis.

Pragyaan is carrying two scientific instruments which will try to find out what minerals are present on the lunar surface and study the chemical composition of the soil.

Pragyaan will communicate only with the lander which will send the information to the orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 - which is still circling the Moon - to pass it on to the Earth for analysis.

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