Nihar Thakkar

While BMRCL has installed ‘card top-up terminals’ at all Metro stations, many regular passengers questioned the rationale, saying it is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

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Commuters can soon have real-time information about Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses at their fingertips. The state-run utility joined hands with a teenager, it had earlier shunned, to develop MyBMTC, an app which will be made available to the public in a few days.

Many cyclists vented their anger on social media after a newly built track was dug up near Cubbon Park Metro Station and bollards of the pop-up lane on Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Agara were removed.

Five months after TOI carried a report on how Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) turned away a teenager whose app was providing real-time information on buses and blocked his access to their service data, an app was launched on Tuesday.

The MyBMTC app, developed and maintained by teenager nihar thakkar along with Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), is gaining traction among users.

Now, a digital board at Doddanekundi on Outer Ring Road will count the number of cycles.

At a time when companies are introducing algorithms to grow their profit margins exponentially, BMTC has turned away a teenager, whose app providing real-time information on bus services was a raging hit among commuters.

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Under criticism for its poorly maintained app, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to terminate the contract with the private firm. The utility has also decided to employ the services of teenager nihar thakkar to revamp its app.

A week after it was inaugurated by chief minister BS Yediyurappa with fanfare, the bicycle track on Race Course Road was dug up by a government agency.

Days after TOI reported that BMTC turned away a teenager whose app was providing real-time information on buses and blocked his access to their data server, BMTC chairman NA Haris faulted the youngster, saying he hacked into the utility’s information portal.

Following a TOI report on how BMTC turned away a teenager whose app was providing real-time information on buses and blocked his access to their service data, the labour department has come forward to utilize the boy’s services.

While BMTC’s decision to block real-time data of its buses to a teenager’s app has drawn severe criticism on social media, the cash-strapped corporation could take a leaf out of its parent organization KSRTC.

Soon you can hire local carpenters, plumbers, electricians and drivers through a mobile app to be hosted by the state government.

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Nihal Thakkar, a 14-year-old school dropout, has done what the BMTC couldn’t. A resident of Doddanekundi near Marathahalli, Nihal is the brain behind ‘Bengaluru Buses — Track BMTC buses in real time’, an app which is available on Google Play and has already seen some 60,000 downloads.