Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Saturday inspected the city bus service which will be started by Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) in Gurugram from August 15.
As many as 200 buses will start plying at several routes in Gurugram in the first phase.
The Chief Minister, who was in Gurugram, inspected the bus to be operated under this city bus service. The bus was stationed in Shri Mata Sheetla Devi temple premises of Gurugram, where the Chief Minister visited to preside over the meeting of Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Board. He also paid obeisance at the temple.
Manohar lal said that in the first phase, 200 buses would be run in Gurugram and this service would start from August 15. He said new buses of City Bus Service would be started in Gurugram from Independence Day on a route, which would begin from Huda City Centre Metro Station to Subhash Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk, Basai Chowk, Railway Station, Shri Mata Sheetla Temple Road, Atul Kataria Chowk and to HUDA City Centre.
He said that buses would ply in an interval of ten minutes. Similarly, every month GMDA will add a new route to the city bus service.
The Chief Minister was apprised by Chief Executive Officer, GMDA V Umashankar that the facility of cashless ticketing would be made available to the people travelling in the City Bus Service and for this, digital solutions would be provided by HDFC Bank.