BHUBANESWAR: The State Government
has decided to ply 12 air conditioned city buses along with 48 new buses in the
city by the end of the May, 2013. It was decided in a meeting held on December
26.
Out of the total 12 air
conditioned buses, six each on Cuttack-Puri via Bhubaneswar
and Nandankanan-Airport routes via Jaydev Vihar, would be run, said an officer
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The city bus service would be started
in Brahmapur city which would have 24 additional buses for the city, he added.
The air conditioned buses would
cost around Rs 40 lakh, while standard bus and mini buses would cost Rs 25 lakh
and Rs 12 lakh respectively. The HUD department would spend Rs 15 crore for
extension of the fleet of Bhubaneswar-Puri Transport Services Limited (BPTSL)
and Rs 5 crore for city bus services under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
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