- Auto parts of 70 city buses are going missing
- Lakhs of passengers facing inconvenience
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal
The wheels of 139 buses of Bhopal City Link Limited (BCLL) in the capital have stopped for the last two and a half months (4 July). These buses are standing in the depot waiting for when they will be run. These buses run on 6 routes.
However, BCLL is fully engaged in efforts to run these buses as soon as possible. Because, due to non-operation of these buses, lakhs of passengers are facing inconvenience. Let us tell you, even from 14 June, the buses remained closed due to the bus operator not depositing the PF and ESIC money in the accounts of drivers and conductors. After that, the buses remained closed due to the demand started by the Chalo App company for increasing the rate. However, BCLL has stopped the operation of ticket collection work with the company and issued new tenders. Under the new tender, a new company was searched. Which will do the work of ticket collection of buses. From last year to June 2024, tenders were given to two different companies under Gross Cost Contact. In this, Chalo App got the tender for ticket collection and the responsibility of running the buses was given to Maa Associates. This year, due to the demand of Chalo App, BCLL stopped the buses and ended the deal with Chalo App.
According to information from sources, out of 139 buses, auto parts of 70 buses have started disappearing. Due to which these buses are becoming scrap. For the last two and a half months, about 50 thousand people in the city are facing a lot of trouble commuting to their destination, but even after this, no public representative and officer is paying attention to this. Meanwhile, on July 9, Mayor Malti Rai also held a meeting on this matter with the officers and the responsible persons of the Chalo App company which collects the ticket, but no solution has been found till now.
Buses run on these routes
17 buses of number 115 from Gandhi Nagar to Ayodhya Nagar
10 buses of number 113 from Idgah Hills to AIIMS
16 buses of number 116 from Putlighar to Battalion Camp Bangrasia
10 buses of number 205 from Karond to Bairagarh Chichli
2 buses of number 204 from Bhauri to Mandideep
26 buses of number 208 from Kokta to Lalghati
31 buses of number SR 8 from Coach Factory to Bairagarh Chichli
33 buses of number TR 1 from Aakriti Eco City to Chirayu Hospital
2 buses of number 311 from Nariyal Kheda to LNCT College
2 buses of number 106 from Misrod to Airport
