Unlimited bus rides for Rs 10: Pune Municipal Corporation to launch particular service on Friday

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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will launch a particular service of PMPML, a public transport bus service within the coronary heart of town, on Friday for limitless journey at Rs 10.

“Special bus service announced in the annual budget for 2020-21. It aims to decongest the narrow roads in the heart of the city by discouraging residents from using private vehicles,” mentioned Hemant Rasane, chairman of the standing committee.

Commuters may have a snug journey in air-conditioned buses working on CNG gas, he mentioned, including, “The service will begin with 50 medium-sized buses with a seating capability of 24 individuals. Small sized buses have been run on slender roads within the central a part of town.

The buses will ply on 9 routes primarily protecting the realm between Deccan Gymkhana to Poolgate, Swargate to Shivajinagar and Swargate to Pune station. “Passengers will have to pay Rs 10 and can travel in the bus throughout the day. This will discourage the use of private vehicles and encourage maximum use of public transport,” Rasane mentioned.

He mentioned the buses would run at a frequency of 5 minutes on principal roads and quarter-hour on inside roads. “The next step would be to introduce no parking or pay and park service on narrow roads in the central part of the city. Residents need to be provided with options before parking restrictions are imposed by providing easy and comfortable travel in the central part of the city. The new service will provide an option for travel,” he mentioned.

Rasane mentioned PMC plans to begin the identical service with 300 buses in different elements of town by December. Meanwhile, the previous service of 5 km journey for Rs 5 will proceed on different routes of PMPML.

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The PMC is prone to endure a lack of Rs 2 crore monthly on account of the particular service, he mentioned, including that the civic physique has spent Rs 15 crore for procuring 50 medium-sized buses for the particular service.

Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil would be the chief company for the launch of the service.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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