To facilitate the passengers of the Gurugram in a big way, the city will soon have the facility of low-floor city bus service as 200 low-floor non AC buses will ply in Gurugram from August 15, 2018.
These buses would run on 11 different routes of the city and 450 Bus Queue Shelters are being erected in different parts of the city. Three bus depots are being set up in Sector-10, Sector-54 and Sector-72 for the city bus service in Gurugram. In the next phase, a depot of city bus service would also be erected in Manesar area as a large number of passengers travel from there.
“There is a plan to built main bus stand of Gurugram at village Sihi. An integrated project of the bus stand with the Metro Depot would also be prepared,” Deputy Commissioner, Vinay Pratap Singh, said.
Recently the Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) had identified the locations of five depots across the city.
MCG is planning to launch around 500 CNG buses in a phased manner. At present, the Haryana transport department operates a fleet of 115 low floor buses of which 55 are air-conditioned.
As per the plan, the Bus Service is to run 500 buses of which 45% will be air-conditioned. The frequency of the service will be 7.5-10 minutes. In a pre-proposal survey, the MCG had an estimated potential ridership of three lakh per day.
It is proposed that the MCG was to have 51% share in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) followed by 19% share of Haryana government, 25% of Haryana Industrial Development Board and 5% of the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).