Transport Dept proposes to procure 300 buses in next 3 years

Prameyanews English

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | March 12, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, March 12: The Commerce and Transport Department has proposed to procure 300 government buses ion next three years, informed Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera today. Replying to a question, the minister said that a budget of Rs 80 crore has been proposed to procure the government buses. Behera informed the assembly that currently as many as 414 government buses are plying in the state.   As per official statistics a total of 11472 buses are plying in the state, out of which 1051 are State-run or operated under govt undertakings while the rest are private buses. The minister further informed that an average of 32 buses are plying in Odisha for one lakh population which is higher than the national average of 22 buses per one lakh population.

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