City buses will start plying on a total of 16 routes in Jagdalpur city in the insurgency-hit Bastar region from October 15 this year, officials stated.
The city's roads will be widened to facilitate operation of buses and a maximum of 42 meter increase in width of the road will be done on Geedum Marg, officials stated.
The Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) had included the provision for operation of city buses in the previous Budget. It has started preparation or operation of city buses.
The officials of the Municipal Corporation said that people can avail the services of city bus from October 15 and preparations to widen the city roads are underway.
In Jagdalpur city, a total of 10 city buses will be operated and 16 routes have been decided for it. The Municipal Corporation has prepared the plan for widening of the roads in these routes.
The road on Geedum Marg from Van Vidyalya to the limits of Municipal Corporation will be widened to 42 meters. In Bailbazar area the widening of road will be done from Kanhaiya Kirana Store to Durga Mandir. With widening of road the existing 18 meters wide Geedam Marg will become 60 meters wide.
The Urban Administration Department will provide 30 buses to the Bastar division. Out of these, 10 buses will be provided to Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation, 10 to Kanker Municipality and five each to Kondagaon and Dantewada municipalities respectively.
Jagdapur City Mayor Kiran Dev said that the operation of city buses will start from October 15 to provide a better transportation facilities to the people. “The proposal for widening of roads has been sent to the Government for operation of city buses,” added Dev.