To accelerate infrastructure development to support seamless public transport services in city A. Sreenivas, Chief Executive Officer of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), chaired a review meeting of the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited (GMCBL) on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by senior officers of GMCBL and officials of Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) Ltd.
Matters pertaining to the expansion of fleet size, identification and addition of new bus routes to cater to larger passenger volumes, digital ticketing and smart payment solutions, ensuring regular monitoring and checks, CCTV surveillance, maintenance and upkeep of the buses were discussed.
“A robust public transport network is a key catalyst for rapid urban growth and sustainable development of a Smart City. GMDA is working towards strengthening the city bus structure in Gurugram & improving day-to-day operational efficiency for the benefit of the public at large. Phase-wise development to boost the civic infrastructure among the rapidly growing areas of Gurugram is being taken up to cater to the increasing ridership in the future,” said A. Sreenivas, CEO of GMDA.
GMDA will soon undertake the work of construction of a new Bus Depot in Sector 48, Gurugram. Additionally, the Authority will also develop 154 additional bus queue shelters to enhance the existing civic infrastructure and to facilitate better public transport services in the city. The three works have been allotted to the agency.
The bus depot at Sector-48 will be developed on 7.5 acres of land for Rs 17 crore and will accommodate up to 100 e-buses, which are to be added to the existing fleet of the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited. The depot will be equipped with an electric substation to provide optimum charging stations for the electric buses.
Moreover, to cater to the increasing passenger base in Gurugram, GMDA will also develop new bus-queue shelters wherein 80 new bus-queue shelters in sectors 68 to 95 from Southern Peripheral Road to Northern Peripheral Road will be constructed for 17.95 Crore.
