Pvt operators assure govt to provide adequate number of buses for odd-even days

Private bus operators on Thursday assured the Delhi government that they will provide adequate number of buses during the 12-day-long odd-even road rationing scheme which will begin from November 4.

The Delhi government is going to hire 2,000 private buses to boost the public transport system during the odd-even scheme. Currently, around 5,600 buses are run by DTC and DIMTS under Cluster scheme.

Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot held a meeting with bus operators in the city on Thursday.

"The bus operators have promised to provide the number of buses required," a senior official of the Transport department said.

Another official said that registration of private buses for the odd-even scheme was going on a "slow pace" as operators were not coming forward to offer their buses for hiring.

"The date of registration has been extended upto November 3 since just over 100 buses have been registered so far against the target of 2000," he said.

Harish Sabharwal, general secretary of Delhi ...