A meeting of the Urban Public Transport Society (UPTS), chaired by Collector In-charge Dr Priyanka Shukla was held at the Collectorate here to discuss operation of city buses in Rajnandgaon and Kawardha municipal limits.
The meeting was informed that Rajnandgaon city buses would be operative only on service roads outside the city.
The Municipal Corporation and the Transport Department officers were instructed to decide on the places for bus depot, terminals and operators. Information about the routes finalised in Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation limits was also provided in the meeting.
According to sources, tender process for governing the city buses has already been completed and passenger fare has been finalised. The sources said that “Sanskardhani City Bus Service” Rajnandgaon would be operating 20 buses in Rajnandgaon cluster at Rs2,200 per bus per month, whereas Jasvinder Singh, Rajnandgaon would be operating 6 city buses in Khairagarh cluster at Rs2,533 per bus per month.
In Kawardha cluster 10 buses would be operated at Rs 2,600 per bus per month.
Additional Regional Transport Officer Gani Khan, Reserved Inspector Chandra and chief municipal officers of local bodies were also present in the meeting.