In order to bring about a revolution in the country's transport system, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has planned to set up a bus port on the pattern of airport in Sonipat district of Haryana.
Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and services, the bus port would be constructed jointly by the Haryana Government and the National Highway Authority of India under private-public partnership in Chauhan Joshi village of Sonipat district.
Giving details, Rajiv Jain, media advisor to the Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday said a meeting was held in this regard under the chairmanship of the chairman NHAI, Yudhvir Singh Malik. The Additional Chief Secretary, Transport, Dhanpat Singh, and Deputy Commissioner, Sonipat, Vinay Singh, also attended the meeting.
He said the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, had planned this innovative scheme to provide better transport facility to the general public. The officers have identified Chauhan Joshi as appropriate place as it falls on NH-1 and would relieve traffic congestion at the inter-state bus stand at Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi, said he.