Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3386374.ece
The plan is to move it from Gokul Road to Hosur
The plan is to move it from Gokul Road to Hosur
Improvement ahead?:Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Jagadish Shettar inaugurating the newly formed Dharwad division of the
North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation in Dharwad on Friday.
The North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation
(NWKRTC) is planning to shift the new Hubli bus-stand from Gokul Road to
Hosur, according to Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Jagadish Shettar.
Speaking after inaugurating the
newly formed NWKRTC Dharwad division here on Friday, Mr. Shettar said if
the plan worked out, the new bus-stand would be shifted to the premises
of the Hubli depot at Hosur, and the depot to Gokul Road. The Bus Rapid
Transport System (BRTS) proposed for Hubli-Dharwad had necessitated
this change, which would be convenient for passengers, he added.
Facelift
The
Cabinet had given its approval to BRTS, under which bus-stands and
terminals would get a facelift. A team of local legislators and others
recently visited Ahmedabad to study BRTS, which had been working there
for the last three years.
It could be used as a model for Hubli-Dharwad with certain modifications, the Minister said.
Mr.
Shettar said efforts were on to convince the Union government to
sanction projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM) for Hubli-Dharwad. As the population of Hubli-Dharwad
had reached 10 lakh, the city was eligible for it, he said.
NWKRTC
chairman Mallikarjun Sawkar said the new division would include
Dharwad, Saundatti, Dandeli and Haliyal depots. A new bus depot would
also be set up near the new central bus-stand in Dharwad, for which the
district administration had provided three acres.
He said the NWKRTC had made profits this year. It would get 700 more buses and improve services to rural and urban areas.
The
NWKRTC would introduce 20 additional buses between Hubli and Dharwad,
and these buses would start from new points in various layouts and
interior areas that had no bus connectivity. Plans were on to improve
the city bus terminus, old bus-stand and new bus-stand in Hubli and
Dharwad, he said.
‘Improve connectivity'
Chandrakant
Bellad, Hubli-Dharwad West MLA, urged the authorities to introduce
air-conditioned Volvo buses from Dharwad to Bangalore and to Pune. He
demanded that mini-bus terminals be set up in the extension areas, with
direct buses to different localities.
NWKRTC Managing
Director Hemaraju said there was a need for a workshop for the
division, and the NWKRTC was ready to set it up if a minimum of five
acres was provided within two or three km of the divisional office.
He said Rs. 5 crore would be released to clear the arrears of retired employees this month.
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