Atal Indore City Transport Services limited has been awarded with ISO 14001: 2004 certification for successfully and efficiently running i-bus services on the city’s BRTS corridor.
The ISO certification was presented to Indore Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe by the senior officials of Union Ministry of Urban Administration here on Tuesday on the inaugural ceremony of two-day national seminar on improvement in BRTS services in Indore.
With this Indore has become the only city in the central India to have received ISO certification on efficient running of i-buses on BRTS corridor. Secretary, Urban Administration, Government of India, Sudhir Krishna congratulated Indore collector and other senior officials for this coveted award.
Addressing the workshop, Indore collector Aakash Tripathi said that i-buses ever since its operation on the BRTS corridor have received enthusiastic response from the city people and it is evident from the fact from 7,000 passengers who were earlier travelling by i-buses per day, the number of passengers travelling by i-buses in the city per day has gone up to 35,000.
He said efforts were further on to increase the tally of passengers using i-buses per day to 80,000 to one lakh in the next one year. He said BRTS in Indore can further be made more effective by incorporating local needs. While laying emphasis on making provision for separate CNG for public transportation, Tripathi also underlined the need of running small buses on the feeder roads linked to the BRTS corridor for the convenience of the travelers.
Inaugurating the workshop, City Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe said that before seeking approval for brining about efficiency in the public transportation system, there has to be a thorough study of local needs and its technical aspects. Besides he also underlined the need of making consistent efforts to make people aware of the utility the public transportation system.
Secretary, urban administration, Government of India while laying stress on financial implications of the public transport system, said that any scheme for the public transportation system should be mooted by taking into factors the population, local factors and requirements.
Commissioner, urban administration, Government of Madhya Pradesh Sanjay Shukla said the two-day national workshop will mainly discuss ways to improve the efficacy of the BRTS and make it people friendly.
The workshop is being attended by senior government officials from Bhopal, Jaipur, Chennai, Poona, Delhi Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Amritsar, Guwahat, Bhuvneshwar and other cities.