The state transport department is planning to introduce 500 buses for commuters who are facing inconvenience. State’s Transport Minister Champai Soren told reporters at local circuit house said that the idea is to connect cities and villages. He went on to inform that the department is working on plans to buy buses. These buses will be driven unemployed youth.
“ The best part of these buses will be that the students and senior citizens would be entitled to travel free of cost.
He also informed that the department is working on chalking out the rout for the proposed bus service.
The bus services will be running with the existing fare and there will be no hike in their rates.
“We have decided a timeline for the quick implementation of the initiatives that have been planned. In order to bring relief to the commuters of the route, the department has also identified fresh routes where the strength of buses will be increased,” he said.
He also promised that the department will ensure issuing permits/route passes to auto-rickshaw drivers to weed out rogue drivers and decongest traffic. Permits would have to be pasted on the windshield of the vehicles for easy identification. Those without it will be caught by traffic cops.
Also, the new system will help transport department know how many autos ply on how many routes and plan the traffic system better, he said.
