NEW DELHI: The Delhi govt goes to procure 500 low-floor buses apart from the two,000 standard-floor buses it plans to add to the city’s public shipping fleet.
The resolution to shop for the 500 low-floor buses was once taken in Delhi Transport Corporation’s board assembly chaired via Delhi’s shipping minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday. The assembly was once additionally attended via managing director of DTC, essential secretary (finance), essential secretary (land and construction) and commissioner (shipping).
The board has made up our minds that 20% of those low-floor buses will likely be air-conditioned whilst 80% buses won't have air-conditioning.
The Delhi top court had previous this month put a keep at the procurement of two,000 standard-floor buses via the Delhi govt as these are not disabled-friendly. Standard-floor buses are more straightforward to procure but these have top flooring clearance, making them difficult for get right of entry to via the wheelchair-bound and senior voters.
The board additionally agreed for extension of Student Concessional Bus Pass amenities to all bonafide institutes inside Delhi as according to the supply of Section 5 of Delhi Transport Corporation (Free and Concessional Passes) Regulations, 1985 benefitting scholars of tutorial institutions arrange after 2002.
The resolution to shop for the 500 low-floor buses was once taken in Delhi Transport Corporation’s board assembly chaired via Delhi’s shipping minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday. The assembly was once additionally attended via managing director of DTC, essential secretary (finance), essential secretary (land and construction) and commissioner (shipping).
The board has made up our minds that 20% of those low-floor buses will likely be air-conditioned whilst 80% buses won't have air-conditioning.
The Delhi top court had previous this month put a keep at the procurement of two,000 standard-floor buses via the Delhi govt as these are not disabled-friendly. Standard-floor buses are more straightforward to procure but these have top flooring clearance, making them difficult for get right of entry to via the wheelchair-bound and senior voters.
The board additionally agreed for extension of Student Concessional Bus Pass amenities to all bonafide institutes inside Delhi as according to the supply of Section 5 of Delhi Transport Corporation (Free and Concessional Passes) Regulations, 1985 benefitting scholars of tutorial institutions arrange after 2002.
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