BHUBANESWAR: The state govt has decided to restrict plying of tourist buses to the Dhauli hilltop following widespread injuries. The tourism division will run six mini-buses that will pick up vacationers from the foothills and drop them again.
"The Dhauli Peace Pagoda is a major tourist attraction but the road leading to the monastry is a dangerous ride, particularly for heavy vehicles. So we have decided to operate six 26-seater buses that will continuously pick up tourists from the tourist complex and take them to the pagoda and drop them back," stated director of tourism Nitin Bhanudas Jawale. The fleet of buses shall be inaugurated through tourism minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Sunday, he stated.
Every day, 3,000 vacationers talk over with Dhauli and more than 25 to 30 tourist buses ply along the path. The selection of buses will increase all the way through the peak tourist season. "The plan of not allowing tourist buses to the hilltop was pending with the government due to lack of parking place. Now a huge parking area has been developed," stated an officer of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation.
In February 2012, 4 persons were killed when a tourist bus skidded down the hill. The vacationers were from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. In May 2016, round 10 vacationers from West Bengal had a narrow break out after their bus rammed right into a concrete wall alongside the road at the Dhauli hills. In October 2014, a bus with vacationers from Bengal overturned. One particular person was once killed in the coincidence. In 2017, round 37 vacationers were injured when a bus overturned in the hills.
"The Dhauli Peace Pagoda is a major tourist attraction but the road leading to the monastry is a dangerous ride, particularly for heavy vehicles. So we have decided to operate six 26-seater buses that will continuously pick up tourists from the tourist complex and take them to the pagoda and drop them back," stated director of tourism Nitin Bhanudas Jawale. The fleet of buses shall be inaugurated through tourism minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Sunday, he stated.
Every day, 3,000 vacationers talk over with Dhauli and more than 25 to 30 tourist buses ply along the path. The selection of buses will increase all the way through the peak tourist season. "The plan of not allowing tourist buses to the hilltop was pending with the government due to lack of parking place. Now a huge parking area has been developed," stated an officer of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation.
In February 2012, 4 persons were killed when a tourist bus skidded down the hill. The vacationers were from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. In May 2016, round 10 vacationers from West Bengal had a narrow break out after their bus rammed right into a concrete wall alongside the road at the Dhauli hills. In October 2014, a bus with vacationers from Bengal overturned. One particular person was once killed in the coincidence. In 2017, round 37 vacationers were injured when a bus overturned in the hills.
Bhubaneswar: Tourists buses will no longer ply to Dhauli
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