Owner Government of Odisha Transit type Bus Rapid Transit Operation will start 2017 | Locale Bhubaneswar Number of lines 2 (Planned) | |
Headquarters Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India | ||
Bhubaneswar BRTS is a newly proposed bus rapid transit system for the city of Bhubaneswar. The Government of Odisha decided to introduce the much awaited bus rapid transit in the capital city, Bhubaneswar which will be designed by the Ahmedabad based Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT). It has started running buses connecting some important localities to the airport and the railway station.
Planning
Detailed Project Report: For the detailed project report, the government asked the Ahmedabad based Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) to create the detailed project report (DPR) which was approved by the Central Government earlier. The Government of Odisha has sanctioned 460 crore for this BRTS project in Bhubaneswar under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The decision was taken at a meeting of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of ministry of urban development in New Delhi. Bhubaneswar Development Authority Commissioner, Injeti Srinivas, at a high-level meeting recently, finalised this BRTS project and asked the Works Department of Odisha to go ahead with all the processes needed. The tendering process for the civil construction barricading two lane dedicated roads and bus stops are going on. The BRTS in Bhubaneswar is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.