Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line Fully Driverless; Pink Line Next in Months
Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, connecting Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden, has achieved full unattended train operations (UTO), with no drivers onboard. The phased transition began in May 2024 and completed in May 2025, after progressive removal of operator roles.Automation on the Pink Line, running from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, began in March 2025 and is set to be fully driverless within three to four months. Once both lines are automated, Delhi Metro will have 97 km of driverless corridors, making it one of the world’s largest automated metro systems.DMRC officials say UTO will improve..
Chennai Plans Telecom-Powered ‘Digital Twin’ to Map City Mobility
The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is exploring the creation of a telecom-powered ‘digital twin’ to map the city’s mobility patterns using anonymised smartphone data. Shared by telecom providers, the data will capture trip origins, destinations, timings, distances, and frequency, enabling advanced transport planning.Initially, the pilot will cover a specific corridor before citywide rollout. The system will integrate telecom data from call records, tower pings, and apps, with other inputs like CCTV and GPS logs to create accurate origin–destination matrices. T..
Homes in Rs 50L–1 Cr Range Lead Sales
AI-based customer profiling by ANAROCK shows that homes priced between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore dominated sales from 2022–2024, rising from ~28% in 2022 to ~35% in 2024. Buyers in the Rs 1–2 crore segment also grew, while demand for sub-Rs 25 lakh homes declined. Average decision timelines increased from 25 to 28 days, with luxury homes above Rs 3 crore closing faster at 16 days.The largest buyer group in 2024 was aged 36–40, with under-25 buyers falling to just 4% from 8% in 2020. AI analysis also revealed a growing preference for 3BHK units, up from 38% in 2022 to 45% in 2024, while 1..
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