M.P. gets govt. bus service after 21 years; 351 buses flagged off

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav relaunched public bus service in the State on Friday. The service was shutdown in 2005 and the relaunch came after a gap of 21 years.

At a ceremony held on the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patron Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Mr. Yadav and Mr. Gadkari unveiled the ‘Mukhyamantri Sugam Parivahan Seva’ and flagged off 351 buses to be operated from seven cities, from Bhopal’s BHEL Dussehra ground. The service has been launched under the Madhya Pradesh’s Mobility Vision - 2030.

The cities that will start operations under phase-1 are Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Rewa, Dewas, Katni and Bhind with 231 intra-city and 120 inter-city buses.