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More than 750 buses to ply in Indore for public soon, tender for 250 new buses issued

About 250 new city buses will be ply in Indore providing more comfortable public transport facilities to Indoreans soon.

Atal Indore City Transport Service Limited (AICTSL) issued tender for these buses. All these buses will run on CNG.

Hundreds of city buses, i-buses and electric buses operate on different routes daily for Indoreans. More than 60,000 commute in just i-buses everyday.

With students and migrants from other cities coming to Indore, the number of commuters in public transport are on hike. “We just moved to Indore from Pune after a decade and here, it seems more convenient to hop on a bus than take a car,” Punita Wadhwani, an entrepreneur travelling in i-bus on Monday, said.

In view of the increasing number of passengers, AICTSL is increasing the number of buses in the city.

AICTSL recently issued tender for 250 new city buses in the city. After the arrival of these buses and the tender buses issued earlier, passengers are likely to get better facilities.

Tender issued for 100 AC-150 Non AC


AICTSL CEO Sandeep Soni said, “Tender has been issued for 250 new city buses.” He added that all these buses will be run on CNG.

“Among these, 100 buses will be AC ​​and 150 buses will be non-AC,” Soni said.

When considering routes of these buses, the focus will be on the city as well as the outlying areas. “It is possible that most of the buses ply to connect the Super Corridor, Khandwa Road, Bypass and the surrounding areas,” Soni said.

However, tenders have been released. Now, proposals of companies are awaited.

Further, process will be done and it will take some time.

Some new buses expected from September

“Some tender buses will start coming from next month,”
Soni said. He added that before this, a tender for buses was issued for 400 new buses.

“Those buses are expected to begin arriving from next month i.e. September,” Soni said. After the arrival of all these CNG buses, the number of buses in Indore will increase.

As per official records, after arrival of these 400 buses, there will be more than 750 buses in the city. It is possible that passengers will get better facilities and comfortable rides with 750 buses plying in the city.



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