n next two days, PUNBUS buses with the National Tourist Permit (NTP) would start plying the passengers from Jalandhar to the Indira Gandhi International Airport at New Delhi at a nominal fare of Rs 1,100 per head.
“Punjab Government is fully committed to provide hassle-free transport services to the people disembarking at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, especially the NRI community. The buses of PUNBUS, carrying national permit, would start plying within two days the passengers from Jalandhar to the International Airport at a nominal fare of Rs 1,100 per head,” said the state Transport Minister Aruna Chaudhary.
She said that the PUNBUS was operating Volvo buses from Jalandhar to the Indira Gandhi International Airport for more than a decade. “But owing to some technical reasons around 15 days ago, the state carrier buses operated by PUNBUS were stopped by the Delhi Administration citing a ruling by the Supreme Court under which state carrier buses could operate only from the notified bus stands,” she said.
Chanduhary said that the matter was taken up with the Delhi Government and they agreed to make a Volvo bus stand at Dwarka opposite international airport.
“As the construction is going to take a couple of months, the PUNBUS has decided to run buses with the national tourist permit so as to provide value for money services to the NRIs,” she said.
