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Mysore to get 80 more hi-tech buses

Thursday, 19 November 2009 02:27 administrator
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The Hindu 19.11.2009

Mysore to get 80 more hi-tech buses

Staff Correspondent

MYSORE: Commuting will be even more comfortable in the city as 80 more buses, including 10 Volvo and 70 semi-low floor buses, will be inducted into the existing fleet of buses from next week. The buses have been purchased under a special package of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

The public transport system here is undergoing a big change with the renovation of the city bus terminus and induction of buses (first batch) under JNNURM.

The first batch of buses reached here in June, 2008.

In fact, Mysore is the only city after Bangalore in the State where the public transport system is being improved under the JNNURM .

The Union Ministry of Urban Development gives 90 per cent of the project cost and the KSRTC has to bear the rest.

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2009 02:28
 

Hidco to introduce 20 buses in New Town

Monday, 16 November 2009 05:35 administrator
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The Times of India 16.11.2009

Hidco to introduce 20 buses in New Town

TNN 16 November 2009, 04:27am IST

KOLKATA: Twenty new surface transport corporation buses are going to be introduced in Rajarhat to improve the dismal transport system of New Town. The state transport department has taken this decision after a request from the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco). The buses will ply from New Town to different places of Salt Lake.

Hidco managing director Saurabh Das said that more such buses will be introduced in New Town in phases. "In the first phase, these 20 new buses will ply between New Town and Salt Lake. We have discussed the issue with the state transport department and there are plans to extend the services across the city in phases," Das said.

There have been complaints from the residents of New Town for a long time that Hidco was not developing the transport system of the area. Residents mostly have to depend on their own vehicles to move along. There is still no bus service for New Town residents to reach VIP Road directly by the Rajarhat main arterial road. Also, there is only a very few bus routes from New Town that moves along the city.

The authorities were working to inaugurate the first permanent bus terminus in Action Area-I. According to plans, New Town will have at least five bus terminuses of international standards and several taxi stands for an effective road transport system.

Along side introducing more buses services, authorities were working on plans to install more electronic traffic signaling system, zebra crossings and installing railings on both sides of the road. "We would be discussing the matter with the police and traffic engineers to set up the system," an official said.

The state transport department is introducing new buses in the city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme (JNNURM). Out of the 1200 buses that would be brought, so far only some hundred buses have been introduced. Many of these buses may ply on Rajarhat also.

 

BMTC adds 380 more buses to its fleet

Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:00 administrator
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The New Indian Express 15.11.2009

BMTC adds 380 more buses to its fleet

Express News Service

Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy flagging off 380 BMTC city buses at Shantinagar bus stand in Bangalore on Saturday.
BANGALORE: The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Saturday inducted 380 city buses to its fleet under the assistance of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Scheme (JNNURM).

The buses were flagged off by Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy and state Transport Minister R Ashok at the BMTC Shantinagar Bus Stand premises.

BMTC managing director Syed Zameer Pasha said that the BMTC will be extending its operations up to the regions under the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) as well.

The 380 buses inducted included 111 Volvo buses, 203 Leyland buses and 66 Tata buses, which are environment and passenger-friendly, Pasha added.

The BMTC, established in August 15, 1997, has 5,610 buses under its fleet. Earlier, the BMTC was called the Bangalore Transport Company (established in 1940) that had a fleet of 113 buses.

Pasha said that the Union Ministry of Urban Development had accorded approval for the procurement of 1,000 buses by the BMTC under JNNURM at a cost of Rs 323.82 crore. “Out of which, 380 buses of three types were inducted and for the remaining 620 buses, the BMTC has already placed the purchase orders for their procurement,’’ he said.

He added that under the special package- 2 of JNNURM for 1,000 buses, the Centre is providing financial aid of Rs 113.34 crore (35 pc share), the state government is granting Rs 48.57 crore (15 pc share) and the remaining Rs 161.91 crore (50 pc) is being borne by the BMTC.

“Of the 1,000 buses, 700 would be of 900/850 mm floor height, 100 would be of 650 mm semi-low floor height and 200 buses would be of 400/390 mm low floor height,’’ Pasha said.

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