The Telangana Municipal Tramways (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2008
The Telangana Municipal Tramways (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2008
This legislation provides the legal framework for developing, constructing, operating, and maintaining urban tramway systems, including mass rapid transit options like monorails and sky buses, across municipal areas in Telangana. It applies to government agencies, private operators granted concessions, system officials, and passengers. By allowing public-private partnerships, the Act facilitates modern urban transportation infrastructure while ensuring public safety through appointed safety commissioners. It establishes rules for fare fixation, compensation for accident-related injuries or losses via dedicated claims commissioners, and penalties for offenses such as ticketless travel, vandalism, or endangering passenger safety, thereby ensuring efficient, safe, and regulated public transit.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Application for operating system
- 5. Power of the State Government to enter into agreement for development, construction, management, operation and maintenance of tramway system
- 6. Authorization for construction and operation of tramway system
- 7. Contents of order or agreement
- 10. Vesting of assets and liabilities of tramway system
- 12. Functions of tramway operator
- 13. Power of the State Government to direct grant of licences etc., to the tramway operator
- 14. Cessation of powers given by order or agreement.
- 15. Transfer of rights and obligations.
- 16. Mode of construction of tramway.
- 17. Powers of tramway operator in relation to the construction and maintenance of tramway system.
- 18. Power to underpin building or otherwise strengthen it.
- 19. Power to enter for inspection, measurement etc.
- 20. Amount payable for damage, loss or injury.
- 21. Period for claim of damages.
- 22. Prohibition of removal of marks.
- 23. Inspection of tramway before opening.
- 25. Definition of "tramway system"
- 26. Definition of "tramway system alignment"
- 28. Definition of "tramway undertaking"
- 29. Power to remove persons from tramway.
- 30. Commissioner of tramway system safety.
- 31. Powers of the Safety Commissioner.
- 32. Facilities to be provided to the Safety Commissioner.
- 33. Standards for Safety of Tramway system and its users.
- 34. Annual safety report of Safety Commissioner.
- 35. Fares leviable by tramway operator.
- 36. Constitution of Fare Fixation Committee.
- 37. Notice of tramway system accident.
- 38. Claims Commissioner.
- 41. Savings as to certain rights.
- 42. Extent of liability.
- 43. Application for compensation.
- 44. Drunkenness or nuisance on tramway system.
- 45. Penalty for taking or causing to take offensive material upon tramway system.
- 46. Penalty for taking or causing to take dangerous material upon tramway system.
- 48. Penalty for travelling on roof, etc., of a tramway.
- 49. Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon tramway system or walking on tramway system track.
- 50. Endangering the safety of passengers by tramway official.
- 51. Abandoning tramway etc., without authority.
- 52. Obstructing running of tramways etc.,
- 53. Obstructing tramway official in his duties.
- 54. Travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorized distance.
- 55. Interference with means of communication in a tramway.
- 57. Defacing public notices.
- 58. Any sale of articles on tramway system premises.
- 60. Penalty for unauthorised sale of pass or ticket
- 61. Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt persons travelling by tramway system
- 62. Endangering safety of persons travelling by tramway system by rash or negligent act or omission
- 63. Damage to or destruction of certain tramway system properties
- 64. Endangering the safety of persons travelling by tramway by unlawful act or willful omission
- 65. Penalty for making a false claim for compensation
- 67. Arrest of person without warrant
- 68. Prohibition against travelling of persons suffering from infectious or contagious diseases and powers to remove them
- 69. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 70. Officials of tramway operator to be public servants
- 71. Procedure for summary delivery to the tramway operator of property detained by a tramway official
- 73. Service of notice, etc., on the tramway operator
- 75. Representation of the tramway operator
- 76. Appointment of Security Staff
- 80. Effect of the Act and rules etc., inconsistent with other enactments.
- 82. Power of the tramway operator to make regulations.
- 83. Vesting of property in Government.
- 84. Repeal of Ordinance 5 of 2008.
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