From now, the bus stands in Haryana will be known as Bus Ports, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Friday while inaugurating NIT Faridabad Bus Port equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The bus port has been constructed at a cost of Rs 130 crore on an area of four acres.
On this occasion, Khattar also announced to name the State's first Bus Port designed on PPP mode after Dr. Mangal Sen. After Faridabad NIT, now new bus ports will be built in Ballabhgarh, Sonipat, Karnal as well as two bus ports in district Gurugram on PPP mode.
The Chief Minister said that Haryana's transport service is one of the best transport services in the country and the State Government is committed to providing safe, secure, economical and reliable transport facilities to commuters.
He said that the State Government is already providing better transportation services to passengers across the State and various bus stands are being renovated with better infrastructure and with state-of-the-art facilities on similar lines to the airport; the bus stand in Haryana is now being called bus ports.
He said that the bus port of Faridabad NIT would be connected through the Integrated Consolidated Command Centre and along with this, the passengers will be able to avail of facilities like online ticket booking and the current status of the bus.
Khattar said that Faridabad NIT Bus Stand is being developed as an interstate bus port. Apart from catering to the needs of the people of the nearby villages, this will also benefit the commuters travelling to and from the cities of Delhi, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The government is now constructing bus ports while focusing on better management along with ensuring state-of-the-art services for the commuters, he said.
He said that along with curbing road accidents, now the profit per kilometer of roadways has also increased from Rs. 27.5 per kilometer to Rs. 39.
Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma said that modern toilets and drinking ROs would be provided for the convenience of the passengers going to their destinations and the facility of cold water, cloakroom, refreshments etc. will be available for keeping luggage and the bus port will be under CCTV camera surveillance. Apart from this, arrangements have also been made to park about 1000 vehicles in the basement for parking the vehicles of the passengers, he added.