New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) The Delhi government has formed a four-member committee to work out the implementation of route rationalisation, under which new bus routes will be introduced on a trial basis from October 2, according to an official notification.
The committee will have the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) managing director as the chairman and the CGM, DTC, the deputy CGM (traffic), DTC and the vice-president, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) as members.
“After a review conducted by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 3, the recommendations of the route rationalisation study have been published for seeking public feedback by November 21. A trial will start with 50 per cent buses from October 2 on the new routes except the NCR and feeder routes,” Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said in a tweet in Hindi.
He urged those who travel by bus to send their feedback to delhirrcell@gmail.com.
“Each and every suggestion of yours is valuable to us in making Delhi’s public transport more convenient, in line with the suggestions of the route rationalisation study,” he said in another tweet.
The proposed routes have been divided into six categories, based on the function and operational level of the services, according to an official.
The routes are — Central Business District (CBD) circulators, trunk routes, primary routes, airport service routes, last-mile feeder routes and NCR routes.
The CBD circulators will provide or improve the connectivity between the major CBDs of Delhi and will be operational at a frequency of five to 10 minutes.
The trunk routes will provide connectivity to the CBDs from the major hubs of the city, while the primary routes will provide connectivity to the sub-CBDs from residential areas or other sub-CBDs and will be operational at a frequency of 10-20 minutes.
The airport service routes will provide connectivity to the airport from the major hubs of the national capital and will be operational at a frequency of 10 minutes.
The last-mile feeder routes will provide connectivity to the nearby trunk or primary route or metro station from villages or residential areas and will be operational at a frequency of seven to 15 minutes, whereas the NCR routes will provide connectivity to the satellite cities in the National Capital Region with Delhi. These routes will be operational at a frequency of 20 minutes. PTI SLB RC
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