A fresh batch of 10 semi low-floor buses will be added to the cluster bus service in the city being operated by private parties under PPP model. With induction of the new fleet, the total number of buses under the cluster service will go up to 440. The new buses, part of cluster two, will ply from Abul Fazal Enclave and go through Ashram, lajpat Nagar, AIIMS, IIT Gate, Munirka DDA Flats and Swami Malai Mandir before terminating at Dhaula Kuan.
The semi low-floor orange coloured buses will have an on board passenger information system similar to that of Delhi Metro, GPS and electronic display board. All buses under the cluster service have in-built speed governors to regulate their speed and they comply with the urban bus specifications notified by Ministry of Urban Development.
In 2009, the Delhi Government had divided nearly 650 bus routes across the city into 17 clusters — each comprising profitable and non-profitable routes and decided to give each cluster to a private operator. Four corporate entities were already given contract to operate the services in five clusters.
