CM Atishi inspects bus charging services to address last mile connectivity in Delhi
To address the problem of last-mile connection in Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi visited the state’s Mohalla bus on Tuesday to examine its billing system and other services.
“Tests of Delhi’s distinctive Mohalla buses have already been conducted on two routes. I’m here to examine the charging system and other items. Over the course of the next two weeks, these buses will be operating in Delhi’s crowded regions. More than 2000 mohalla buses would operate in Delhi to address the state’s persistent transportation problems, which are related to last-mile connectivity,” she said.
The Delhi government’s larger plan to extend the Mohalla Bus service across the city includes this effort.
The purpose of the nine-meter-long buses is to improve last-mile connectivity. The buses would be entirely electric, in contrast to the typical 12-meter-long vehicles that are now used on Delhi highways. Six of their twenty-three seats will be set aside for women.
Important sites including Munirka Village, the Munirka Metro Station, Ambience Mall, the DLF Mall on Nelson Mandela Road, the Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, Spinal Injury Hospital, IIMC, Ber Sarai Village, and Fortis Hospital are all included in the itinerary.
The Mohalla Bus (trial) was previously launched in August by Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and MLA Somnath Bharti on a new route from Kailash Colony metro station to PNB Gitanjali Colony. The bus service’s first route will go from PNB Geetanjali Colony to Kailash Colony Metro Station.
The second route would go via six or seven South Campus colleges from Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station to Vasant Vihar Metro Station.
Two buses are now running on a trial basis; plans for more routes will be decided upon in response to commuter input.
Notably, by 2025, the Kejriwal administration intends to deploy 2,180 of these buses, which are intended to serve regions with narrow roads or where traffic makes it impossible for standard 12-meter buses to run.
