After improving the transport system of MP and Bhopal, Bhopal City Link Limited (BCLL) is now planning to run inter-state buses. According to the information received from BCLL, tender have been made for this. The company expects that in the next few days a positive trend will be shown by the bus operators towards the tender, after which direct bus service will be started for various states.
It is believed that initially bus service will be started for five neighboring states of UP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. With the start of bus service, Bhopal will also be connected by road to the big cities of all these states. BCLL will operate all these buses from ISBT located at Habibganj.
BCLL expects passengers to be available for all these cities. For this reason, it is being considered to start the service as soon as possible. Of these, daily commuters are available to Pune, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota and other cities of Maharashtra.
Presently buses of private operators are plying on this route. Due to which complaints of charging arbitrary fares during festival days also keep coming to the fore. For this reason, the government is preparing to rein in private operators. In this sequence, preparations are being made by BCLL to start bus service on these selected routes.
It is being told that sleeper buses will be run on long routes, whereas in places where the journey is less than 12 hours, seating buses will be operate.