The much-awaited direct roadways bus from Satpuli in Pauri district to Delhi has started on Monday. The assistant general manager of Kotdwar depot, Tika Ram, said that the bus started from Kotdwar to Satpuli at 7:30 am and then from Satpuli, it is scheduled to start at 10 am in the initial stage.
The AGM said, “The roadways bus will operate on all seven days of the week. It will start at around 10 am from Satpuli and will reach Kotdwar at about 12:15 pm from after that it will reach Delhi Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at about 6:30 pm and will return from there at about 7:30 pm. The bus is likely to return to Kotdwar by 2 am and will stay the night at Kotdwar. The bus will cover at least 524 kilometres in one circuit.”
When asked about the number of passengers who travelled on the bus on Monday he said, “In total nine passengers travelled on long route that is from Satpuli to Delhi. There were about 25-30 passengers overall. Some were local passengers, four of the passengers got down at Gumkhal. It is important for the roadways bus to generate enough revenue.”