Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi on Saturday told the State Assembly that the Government would certainly consider a proposal, if given by any interested bus owner, to run private town buses in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack twin city.
He said this in response to question of BJD member Amar Prasad Satpathy, who had wanted to know whether the Government would take appropriate steps to run the required number of town buses in the two cities.
The Minister too informed that approximately 32,800 auto-rickshaws have so far been registered in the twin city. Apart from this, many town buses are running thought the BPTCl. The Government would consider a proposal to run private town buses in the two cities.