led by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Vice-Chairman Dr Krishan Kumar, a group of senior officials conducted an inspection of the site proposed for the depot-cum-bus terminal at Patia.
The BDA has taken possession of the land for the development of the transport hub.
It can be mentioned here that before the coming Odisha Men’s Hockey 2018, the city would be having a fleet of 200 new buses to ply on various routes for effective and frequent public transport facility.
In order to make the operation smooth and efficient, two depot-cum-terminals are being planned at Patia and Patrapada, respectively.
Each depot-cum-terminal would have a capacity to park 100 buses each.
These new facilities would be broadly having workshop area, washing area, fuelling area, administration area and parking area.
Recently, through joint eviction drives conducted by the Central Enforcement Monitoring Committee (CEMC) consisting of officials and staff of BDA, BMC, General Administration Department, Bhubaneswar Puri Transport Services (BPTS) and Commissionerate Police, the lands were reclaimed.