10 buses undertake 70-minute dry run on BRTS corridor

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To begin the 24 km long BRTS corridor services under ‘My Bus’ a dry run was conducted successfully here on Tuesday. As many as 10 buses were operated under the dry run at the BRTS corridors.

During the dry run, the BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale along with BMC officials inspected the bus services from Misrod to Bairagarh. During the inspection, BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale discussed about various barriers arising in the bus services and instructed the officials concerned to resolve them as soon as possible. The 10 buses took at least 70 minutes to travel during the dry run.

During the dry run, all the buses were stopped at the concerned bus stops and the dedicated corridors and mixed corridors were reviewed. The BMC Commissioner and officials also reviewed the total time taken by the bust to reach from one stop to another, speed, bus crossings and other requirements. After reviewing all the facts, the BMC officials gave certain instructions to the bus drivers and conductors respectively.

A dry run of 20 buses at Misrod transit route was also conducted successfully. Noticeably, new TR and SR bus services would also start from lalghati to Bairagarh soon. During the dry run, BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale and other BMC officials were present.

Meanwhile, BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale directed the officials concerned regarding the survey conducted under social security mission 2013 and National Food Security Act 2013. He instructed the officials to correct the errors in the survey conducted under social security mission 2013 till August 28 and also to update the names of the beneficiaries under National food security act 2013.

He asked the officials to complete the work within the given time of else stern action would be taken against the concerned official. BMC Commissioner while addressing a meeting on Tuesday instructed the officials. During the meeting, BMC Additional Commissioner Pramod Shukla, District food official HS Parmar and other officials were present.

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