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Pune becomes the first city in India to have BRT system
Section Life in Pune Posted on Sun Dec 03, 2006 at 06:25:44 PM EST
Pune today become the first city in the country to have the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a modern public transport plan to beat traffic chaos, with Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy inaugurating the system on a 12.2 km stretch of the total planned distance of over 100 km. "The central government has approved Bus Rapid Transit system for Indore, Pune and Ahmedabad. But Pune has become the first city in the country where it (BRTs) has become operational and I am happy to flag off the bus," Reddy said at a function held to mark the occasion.
Reddy, MP Suresh Kalmadi, Mayor Rajini Tribhuvan, Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer, Corporators and members of the public had a ride in the five Volvo buses procured for the BRTs and that plied during the inaugural run. Currently, the BRT system would be operational only on a 12.2 km long Hadapsar-Swargate-Katraj corridor, to be complete within three months at a cost of Rs 62 crore. More corridors would be added subsequently, covering all the major arterial roads for an extensive Pune-wide BRT network. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 500 crore for another 50 km for BRTs and the fund for the remaining 50 km of BRTs corridor would also be approved without any delay, the Union Minister said in his speech.
From Zee News - December 03, 2006
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