Modern Bus Stand Inaugurated in Faridabad

• 29 Oct 2022

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On October 28, 2022, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khater inaugurated a four-acre bus stand under PPP model at NIT, Faridabad at a cost of Rs 130 crore.

Key Points

• Faridabad NIT Modern Bus Stand will be named after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Late Mangal Sen.
• The facilities inside this bus stand include an air-conditioned gallery for the seating of the passengers and it will have toilets for the convenience of the passengers, RO's cold water for drinking, cloakroom for luggage storage and refreshments.
• Transport Minister Moolchand Sharma informed that about 50 buses will be operated from this bus stand for various states including Haryana. There will be 17 bus counters, from where passengers going to the states of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab will get bus facility. Apart from this, more than 60 city buses will also operate from here. A five-storey building has been built on this bus stand.
• Depot will be arranged in the ground floor and half of the first floor of this bus stand. Two basements have been built in this and both the basements will be used for parking, where arrangements have been made to park 1000 vehicles.
• Apart from buses, NIT Bus Stand will also be a commercial hub. Arrangements have also been made here for officers, drivers and conductors, rest rooms, waiting rooms, canteens, toilets etc. Elevators have been installed along with the stairs to go to each of its floors.
• Faridabad District Deputy Commissioner Vikram Singh said that the entire bus stand would be under CCTV surveillance and this bus stand would prove to be a big gift for the people of the city.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Manohar Lal announced that all the bus stands in the state would now be known as bus ports and passengers would get state-of-the-art facilities on the lines of airports at these bus ports.