Women-only buses on 5 BRTS routes in Ahmedabad from January 8

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will start regular run of women buses on five BRTS routes from January 8.

Mayor Gautam Shah will inaugurate the regular women bus service on January 7 at the L D Engineering college stop at 6 pm.

A statement issued by the AMC today said that the run of women bus services on the five routes (RTO to Maninagar, RTO to Hatkeshwar, Maninagar to Ghuma Gam, Iskon crossing to Naroda Gam and Zhundal circle to Commerce six roads) was conducted successfully on trial basis.

Now the service on these routes will be regularized, the statement said adding that of the around 1 lakh 35 thousand daily commuters on 97 km long 13 janmarg routes and 230 BRTS buses in the city, an estimated 35 to 40% happens to be women.

The arrival of women buses would be shown on the passenger display system separately and will be run at a frequency of evey half an hour during the peak period of 0800am to 1030 am and 0500pm to 0830 pm. There will also be provision of a women security guard in these buses.

These buses will facilitate smooth travel of the women passengers and in the wake of the run of these women exclusive buses the number of buses will also be increased by 10 so that the other commuters also continue to travel uninturp1ted, the statement said.

– DeshGujarat