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Lucknow Metro ready to serve Lucknowites from September 5th
Lucknow: Here is good news for all Lucknowites as the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has finally got a date to get operational for public service from the Central Government from September 5th and for this Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will flag-off Metro rail.
Rajnath Singh along with Yogi Adityanath will flag off Lucknow Metro for its inaugural run on September 5th, said by official spokes persons of the state government today.
The honorable Home Minister Rajnath Singh has been chosen for the flag off ceremony of Lucknow Metro as he is the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from the state capital.
Principal Secretary (Information) Awanish Kumar Awasthi told media persons that the program has been fixed for September 5th as its Teachers Day on that day; he further added that some Central Ministers will also grace the occasion.
In the very first phase which is priority section, five trains will run between Transport Nagar and Charbagh stations. The service will be thrown open for the public from September 6th.
Officials of the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) said the trains will run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. The safety audit has already been completed.
Satish Kumar Pandey, Commissioner Metro Railway Safety (CMRS), gave his certification to the LMRC on August 14 for commencing the revenue and commercial operations of its metro services.
Lucknow Metro to start playing for Lucknowites on 5th September on-wards:
He gave his approval to the LMRC after inspecting the trial run of metro train at the maximum operating speed of 80 kmph.
The LMRC has also launched its official website where the people can log in and find details about the time table and other details about the fares among other things, an official said. The base fare has been fixed at Rs 10.
The first phase of metro has been completed in a record three years, said LMRC Managing Director Kumar Keshav, adding that Go Smart cards would also be issued for the regular commuters.
There would be a 10 per cent discount on fares for those using smart cards. A commuter can take back the security money of Rs 100 on returning the Go Smart card to the metro counters.
The Lucknow Metro will also issue “Tourist Cards” to cater exclusively to the tourists and they would be priced at Rs 200 for a day and Rs 350 for three days.
Lucknow Metro has special surprise for children as kids up to three feet height will be able to travel free in the metro trains.
The Lucknow Metro project was commissioned by the Akhilesh Yadav government in 2013.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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