Hyderabad Metro commuters will soon have common mobility card

Hyderabad (Urban Transport News): The Govt. of Telangana is planning to introduce a common mobility card for the commuters who use the metro train, RTC buses, and other transport systems in the Hyderabad city.

In a meeting held in State Government Secretariat yesterday under the chairmanship of S K Joshi, Chief Secretary along with various officials namely; Arvind Kumar, Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, Jayesh Ranjan, CEO of Department of Information Technology, Sunil Sharma, CEO and NVS Reddy, MD of Hyderabad Metro Rail, KV Rao, Chief General Manager, South Central Railway, Purushottam Naik, Executive Director, TSRTC and representatives from the cab aggregators Ola, Uber and other transporters attended the meeting.

Joshi issued the direction to the officials to explore the possibilities of introducing a common mobility card which would be valid for travelling in Hyderabad Metro, RTC buses and other transport vehicles plying in the city. He further said that in accordance with the recommendations of Central Government various steps are necessitated to extend the facility to the city commuters by introducing National Common Mobility Card (NCMC).

If this card is introduced, the commuters will be eligible to travel by Metro, MMTS, TSRTC buses, autos and other private vehicles like Ola, Uber, etc. They need not make payments in cash for any of transport facilitators. Simply, they have to swipe the card for arranging payments digitally. Sources said that this step is being taken after reviewing the use of card technology universally and after launching the National Common Mobility card by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in last month.