Now, DTC Launching A New Bus Express Service Direct To Office

Delhi Transport Corporation is launching a new Express Service to ferry office-goers from Monday. These buses air conditioned and non air-conditioned will ply on 72 routes. These routes will connect areas like Connaught Place, CGO Complex, Nehru Place, AIIMS, ISBT and ITO, etc where most of the government as well as private offices are located with residential areas like Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Malviya Nagar and Mayur Vihar Phase-III.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that special arrangements would be made to ensure success of the Express Service, which is also expected to help in lessening the number of private vehicles on city roads. "Use of private vehicles by office-going people in the morning and evening hours causes huge jams. When people drive their own cars, there are more vehicles on the roads and this lead to more environmental pollution. The Express Service is aimed at curbing this problem," said Dikshit, adding that the Express Service will start from Monday.

The chief minister flagged off 200 new low-floor buses from India Gate on Sunday. Of these, 54 AC and 90 non-AC buses will be used for the Express Service and the rest will run on regular routes.

According to Naresh Kumar, managing director of DTC, the fare on express routes falling in the city will be Rs 20 for non-AC buses and Rs 30 for AC buses. For NCR routes, the inter-state fare charging pattern will be followed, he added.

These buses will not ply on weekends and gazetted holidays. It has been decided that express bus services will pickup passengers from each stop for the first four kilometres and after that they will run non-stop. However, the driver will alight passengers on their request at authorized stands, said Kumar.

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With thanks : source : Times of India

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