New Delhi: Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Ministry of Urban Development under the guidance of Shri Kamal Nath, Minister for Urban Development has sanctioned buses to following 13 cities/ cluster of cities in the Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee Meeting held on 31.12.2013 :
S.No. State City No. of buses sanctioned
1 Bihar Purnea 61
2. Darbhanga 53
3. Katihar 38
4. Bhagalpur 55
5. Andhra Pradesh Karimnagar 70
6. Maharashtra Vasai-Virar 346
7. Latur 60
8. Odisha Jeypore-Koraput 40
9. Cuttack- Choudwar 100
10. Balasore-Bhadrak 54
11. Punjab Patiala 50
12. Sikkim Gangtok 53
13. Tripura Agartala 100
Total 1080
These cities have also been sanctioned projects relating to ancillary infrastructure viz. Depot, Workshops, ITS etc. for Urban Transport. In addition, ancillary infrastructure project for Bathinda has also been approved. The total estimated project cost for these 13 cities/ cluster of cities is Rs. 464 crore (approx.).
The State Govt. has to procure these buses as per the urban bus specifications-II which have been prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development recently. 1st instalment of Government of India share will be released to the State after submission of information / documents within three months as per the conditions given in bus funding guidelines.
The objective behind sanctioning of these buses is to improve the city transport system, to give Metro experience to public in these modern ITS enabled buses and to attract the public to use Public Transport. The JNNURM buses will change the face of the Urban Transport of these 13 cities and will help in the overall growth of the State/ UT
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