Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday flagged off 32 new 40-seater leyland-made buses to ply in the leftwing Extremist (lWE)-affected districts in the State under the Biju Gaon Gadi Yojana (BGGY).
The Government has decided to provide Rs 21 crore under the BGGY to the Odisha State Transport Corporation (OSRTC) for the purchase of 100 buses to ply in the selected Maoist-affected districts.
There are 71 routes in the lWE-hit areas identified for plying of such buses. The OSRTC had purchased 25 40-seater buses during the year 2013-14 and deployed them in the districts like Kandhamal, Koraput and Malkanagiri for the better communication in the tribal areas.