Ten more buses added to the pool of existing low floor buses in the city plying on 12 approved routes of the city were inaugurated by city Mayor Alok Sharma on Thursday. Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma flagged off the buses at ISBT bus stand the buses would ply on SR-07 route. At the occasion he took bus ride and enjoyed the ride.
The SR-07 route stretches from Gandhi Nagar to Patel Nagar Bypass. After the start of these services of low floor buses on route SR-07 the residents of Anand Nagar and BHEl would get convenience in commuting to ISBT bus stand, MP Nagar, Vallabh Bhavan, Railway station, Hamidia road.
At present around 205 low floor buses are plying which includes 20 AC and 185 Non AC buses.
After the huge success of the low floor buses among the city residents decision of including around new 20 low floor buses has been taken along with initiation of ten low floor buses plying on 12 approved routes. BMC Commissioner Tejaswi Naik, Mayor in council members Asha Jain, Dinesh Yadav, Bhupendra Mali, Shankar Makoria, Manoj Choube, Manju Barakiya and senior BMC officials were present at the occasion.
Under the JNNURM, BMC facilitates and maintains low floor buses in the city and has provided the facility in an efficient manner which has resulted in achieving the number of passengers using the services on daily basis at around 1.10 lakh. Along with the low floor buses five garbage colleting trucks were also inaugurated which would increase the number of trucks to 593 in the city.