More SPTS buses, taxis

SHILLONG, JULY 10: Meghalaya urban affairs department will soon write to the union government to allot more buses and maxi taxis under the 13th finance commission so that it can expand its public transport system in Meghalaya. The public transport  buses operated  by Meghalaya Urban Development  Authority (MUDA) has come as a breather to the public as it has helped in streamlining the pathetic public transport  system of city when commuters were over  charged by local taxis.

Urban affairs minister Ampareen Lyngdoh told reporters that the state government is working out a proposal to be submitted to the union government for allocating more buses since  Shilllong city still needs better  public transport system

Lyngdoh informed that the union government had  allocated 134 buses and 127 maxi taxis for  the state  under the 13th finance  commission.

“In the last  meeting our officers had put a presentation before the union government officials and they had appreciated the services and they had also assured of further augmenting the  public transport system in Meghalaya.” Lyngdoh said.

Lyngdoh informed that the government plans to connect all the localities of the city through the buses and maxi taxis during the  next allocation of  buses to the state.

The government also plans to expand the services in other urban towns of the state even though demands are continuously pouring in for introduction of the services in rural areas but the buses and maxi-taxi are meant only for urban transport system. –By Our Reporter

 

 

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