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Mar 2024
10m 49s

Why Indian Metros Don’t Get Enough Passe...

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About this episode

In today's episode we are talking about the business of metro networks in India. Are they profitable? Not really. How’s the ridership? Not all that great. So what’s the problem? Listen in to find out!

In other news, The long-drawn proper battle between brother-sister duo Baba Kalyani and Sugandha Hiremath has now reached a Pune court. Bharat Forge chairman & MD Baba Kalyani’s niece and nephew are seeking a total partition of the Kalyani family’s assets. What is at the heart of this dispute? Tune in to this episode of The Signal Daily!

Episode credits:
The episode was researched, written, and produced by Shorbori and Manaswini

Edited by Dinesh Narayanan

Mastered and mixed by Yash Hirave

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