Central Government approves 1080 more buses for 13 cities/cluster of cities

Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Ministry of Urban Development under the guidance of Shri Kamal Nath, Minister for Urban Development has sanctioned buses to following 13 cities/ cluster of cities in the Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee Meeting held on 31.12.2013 :

S.No.	State	City	No. of buses sanctioned
1.	Bihar	Purnea	61
2.		Darbhanga	53
3.		Katihar	38
4.		Bhagalpur	55
5.	Andhra Pradesh	Karimnagar	70
6.	Maharashtra	Vasai-Virar	346
7.		Latur	60
8.	Odisha	Jeypore-Koraput	40
9.		Cuttack- Choudwar	100
10.		Balasore-Bhadrak	54
11.	Punjab	Patiala	50
12.	Sikkim	Gangtok	53
13.	Tripura	Agartala	100
		Total	1080

These cities have also been sanctioned projects relating to ancillary infrastructure viz. Depot, Workshops, ITS etc. for Urban Transport.  In addition, ancillary infrastructure project for Bathinda has also been approved.The total estimated project cost for these 13 cities/ cluster of cities is Rs. 464 crore (approx.). 

The State Govt. has to procure these buses as per the urban bus specifications-II which have been prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development recently.  1^st instalment of Government of India share will be released to the State after submission of information / documents within three months as per the conditions given in bus funding guidelines. 

The objective behind sanctioning of these buses is to improve the city transport system, to give Metro experience to public in these modern ITS enabled buses and to attract the public to use Public Transport. The JNNURM buses will change the face of the Urban Transport of these 13 cities and will help in the overall growth of the State/ UT.

 Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)