Buses will leave every 30 minutes and cover the distance in 45 min; ticket price: Rs 16
DILIP PATEL
Acting on public demand, the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) on Tuesday began plying five 28-seater mini luxury buses between Sarkhej and Gandhinagar. GSRTC says this service is also a bid to keep a fair share of transport fares on the route.
In December last year, GSRTC drivers and conductors and autorickshaw drivers had gone on a strike to protest the decision that allowed private company Vitco Pvt Ltd to operate on the route as it threatened to eat into the government entity’s earnings. The strike ended in a few hours after Vitco announced that it change its route.
30 TRIPS A DAY
THERE WILL be a bus every 30 minutes beginning 8 am and will cover the 36-km distance between Sarkhej and Gandhinagar in 45 minutes, said GSRTC’s Gandhinagar depot manager N C Soni. There will be 30 trips throughout the day.
Passengers had demanded for bus services on the route after a private firm was forced to stop plying buses here. “The new buses will beat competition. More buses will be added looking at the requirements,” Soni said. Tickets for the ride will cost Rs 16.
I am happy that after 7 years of representations, the government has heard our plea. The nexus betweeb traffic policmen and shuttle ricskhaw operators had become a nuisance. Now, we won’t have to depend on them
—Arun Buch, a commuter
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