“Thanks to the shortsightedness of the previous government, millions of hard-earned taxpayer rupees have once again gone straight down the drain.”
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the dismantling of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor in Indore, citing the project’s detrimental impact on traffic and its failure to meet its intended goals. The decision follows a thorough review by an expert committee, which concluded that the BRTS corridor has added to congestion rather than alleviating it, causing significant hardship for daily commuters.
The BRTS project in Indore, which cost the state approximately Rs 500 crores was initiated with the goal of improving public transportation and reducing traffic woes. However, the court ruling has raised critical questions about the efficacy of the project and the substantial funds spent, which now appear to have gone to waste. The BRTS corridor, meant to be a state-of-the-art solution for urban mobility, instead created a new set of problems—leading to increased traffic pressure and inconvenience for citizens.
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This issue is not confined to Indore alone. The Bhopal BRTS project, launched by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, was also scrapped following the orders of the new Chief Minister, Dr. Mohan Yadav. The Bhopal corridor, which had a similarly ambitious vision for improving city transport, faced similar challenges in practicality and effectiveness. The decision to remove the Bhopal BRTS also reflects the failure of these costly projects to deliver their intended benefits, despite the heavy public investment.
Both these projects, which together represent a significant financial burden on the state, have now been deemed ineffective. The High Court’s decision to dismantle the Indore BRTS system, coupled with the removal of Bhopal’s BRTS, underscores a larger issue of misallocated resources. With hundreds of crores spent on infrastructure that ultimately failed to meet its objectives, the public has been left to bear the brunt of this costly exercise in urban planning gone wrong. As these projects are dismantled, questions about accountability and future planning for public transportation remain.
