Chandigarh, May 20, 2020: Chandigarh Transport Undertaking has resumed the operations of non-AC local buses, initially within Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
A flat rate of Rs. 20/- per ticket has been fixed to travel within tricity. Today 47 buses were run on 16 routes.
Permission has been sought from Punjab and Haryana governments to run the local buses in peripheral areas falling within their respective jurisdictions.
After receiving permissions, the operations will be scaled up to run 159 buses on 52 routes from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily in tricity. Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) as per following has been put into place to ensure the safe transport for people as well as CTU staff:
(i) All the buses will be sanitized twice in a day in morning and evening.
(ii) Thermal screening will be done at entry Points of ISBTs for passengers and for bus crew in depots.
(iii) Reusable Masks have been issued to drivers and conductors. In addition gloves & face shields have been issued to the conductors.
(iv) Sanitizer bottle is made available in the buses for usage of crew as well as passengers.
(v) Seating capacity as 13 passengers for 9.0 mtr and 17 passengers for 12.0 mtr respectively and stickers have been fixed on seats where passengers will be allowed to sit as per social distancing norms.
(vi) No passenger will be allowed to board the bus without wearing a mask.
(vii) The entry for the passengers in the bus will be made through rear door and Exit through front door and labels will be fixed in this regard at the appropriate places.
(viii) Marking has been done art local counters in ISBT to maintain the social distancing.
Routes: 1A Maloya New Colony to Maloya New Colony via PGI, Manimajra, Markets-7,8,9,10,11; 1C Maloya New Colony to Maloya New Colony via HBC, Railway Station, Markets-28,19, ISBT-17, Markets-15, PGI; 2A MANI MAJRA TO MANI MAJRA Via M/Complex, R/C, Madhya Marg, PGI, Khuda Lahora, 40-50 Mins 3; 2C MANI MAJRA TO MANI MAJRA Via H.B. R/S, 22/17, Dhanas, SP Barrier, K.Lahora, M/Marg. 40-50 Mins 3; 4A ISBT-43 to ISBT-43 via 22/17, PGI, DMC, Maloya, Ph-6, Old Barrier, 40/41, 41 mkt, 42 mkt. 50-60; 4C ISBT-43 to ISBT-43 via Sec-42 mkt, 41mkt, 41/40, O/Barrier, Ph-6, Maloya, DMC, PGI. 50-60; 5A Ram Darbar to Ram Darbar via Markets-47,46,31,32, 27/26, PGI, Maloya, ISBT-43, 44, 45, 46, 47; 5C Ram Darbar to Ram Darbar via Markets-47, 46, 45, 44, ISBT-43, Maloya, PGI, 26/27, 47/46, 47 mkt. ; 7A New Maloya Colony to New Maloya Colony:- via Markets- 38, 37, 36, 42, ISBT-43, Ramdarbar, T/Chowk, Markets-29, 30, 20, 21, 22/17, Maloya; 7C New Maloya Colony to New Maloya Colony via Maloya, ISBT-17, Markets-21,20,30,29, T/chowk , Ramdarbar, ISBT-43, Maloya; 28A ISBT-43 to ISBT-43: Via Sec- 22/17, PGI, Dhanas, Kissan Bhawan, Sec-43/42; 28C ISBT-43 to ISBT-43: Via CTU w/s, Dhanas, PGI, ISBT-17, Sec-44/43; 10 ISBT-43 TO MATA MANSA DEVI via. Markets-44, 45, 46, 47, Ram Darbar, R/Station; 17 ISBT-43 TO AIR PORT Via ISBT-17, 21, 20, 30, 29 mkts, H/Majra, Behlana; 22 ISBT-43 to IT Park via ISBT-17, 18, 19, 27, 28 mkts, R/Station, M/Majra, Kishangarh. 23A ISBT-43 TO Khuda Ali Sher via 22/17, PGI, Naya Gaon.