Bhopal

Four buses undertake dry run on BRTS corridor

Staff Reporter

To begin the 24 km long BRTS corridor services under ‘My Bus’ a dry run was conducted successfully here on Wednesday. As many as four air conditioned buses were operated under the dry run at the BRTS corridors from Bairagarh to Misrod and from Misrod to Bairagarh. The dry run was conducted at the dedicated corridors between 8 am to 11 am.

During the dry run, the BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale along with BMC officials inspected the bus services from Misrod to Bairagarh. During the inspection, BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale discussed about various barriers arising in the bus services and instructed the officials concerned to resolve them as soon as possible.

Here on Wednesday, during the dry run of the air conditioned buses, all the buses were stopped at the concerned bus stops and the facilities at the dedicated corridors and mixed corridors were reviewed. The BMC Commissioner and officials also reviewed the total time taken by the bust to reach from one stop to another, speed, bus crossings and other requirements.

After reviewing all the facts, the BMC officials gave certain instructions to the bus drivers and conductors respectively. A dry run of 20 buses at Misrod transit route was also conducted successfully. Noticeably, new TR and SR bus services would also start from lalghati to Bairagarh soon. During the dry run, BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale and other BMC officials were present.