Trial run of I-buses on newly constructed BRTS corridor of the city will begin from May 10. Preparations for the much awaited trial run of I-buses have almost been completed.
Reviewing a meeting for the proposed trial run of I-buses on the BRTS corridor at the collectorate on Monday, district collector Akash Tripathi said under the trial run, people will be allowed free of cost travel on the I-buses from May 10 to further order.
Timing for the trial run of the I-buses has also been fixed. As decided, trial run of I-buses will done every day in two sessions - vis-a-vas during the off peak hours in the morning and in the night.
During the morning hours, trial run of I-buses will be carried out between 7 am to 9 am, while during the evening hours, trial of I-buses will be carried out between 8 pm to 9 pm.
Initially, the trial run will begin from 8 buses on May 10 and its number will gradually be increased up to 12 buses from May 20, collector informed adding that during the course of trial run, passengers will catch I-buses at every bus stop every 15 minutes.
The responsibility of conducting trial run of buses will be with 45 trained drivers. On experimental basis, the passengers during the course of trial run will also be provided with free tickets.
As informed in the meeting, during the trial run, security personnel will be deputed at all the BRTS bus stops in the city. In addition to this, uniformed traffic wardens will also be deputed for providing traffic assistance to the passengers.
The review meeting for the trial run among others was attended by AICTCl CEO Sandeep Soni, representatives of I-bus operators and other senior district officials concerned.
Collector informed that prior to trial run, dry run of I-buses on the BRTS corridor has already commenced from Monday and it will continue till May 10.
He said during the dry run of buses, representatives of various social, cultural and other non-governmental organisations of the city, group of students, others will be allowed to travel on the I-buses free of cost.
Besides allowing them free ride on I-buses, they will also be informed about functioning of the BRTS through power-point presentations at the city bus office.
The district administration has decided to provide free trial run to city people, primarily to make them aware of the functioning of the BRTS and traffic rules on the BRTS corridor.