The UT Administration on Friday flagged off 20 more new Midi AC and non-AC buses in Chandigarh.
These buses will ply on local routes to further strengthen the city bus service which would give better service to the commuters. The length of these midi buses is 9 mtr. and they are equipped with the electronic gadgets i.e. cameras, GPS, electronics destination board, electronically control engine and also have Bharat Stage-IV emission norms.
A spokesperson of the UT Administration said that 130 more buses are expected to be received by the end of December 2014. The new Midi buses were purchased under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) scheme and flagged off by KK Sharma, Adviser to UT Administrator from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Sector-31 here on Friday.
On this occasion, the Adviser gave certificates to the women conductors who have completed martial training. Some Drivers and Conductors were also given commendation certificate for their outstanding performance. At present, he Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has been suspending the bus service on various routes in the tricity everyday due to shortage of buses, repair work and staff crunch.
Previously in October, 20 new midi AC and non-AC buses were flagged off. The CTU has also initiated an exercise of revamping the city transport by introducing Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in the city bus services.