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RTC night services by September-end

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Some 100 buses to be operated between midnight and 4 a.m.

Ticket please: RTC Vice-Chairman and MD, V. Dinesh Reddy, buys a ticket after boarding one of the new APSRTC buses.

HYDERABAD: There’s some good news for late night travellers! The RTC will introduce night city bus services by September-end in the twin cities.

These 100-odd night service buses will display a board “N” representing night services and will be operated between midnight and 4 a.m., according to V. Dinesh Reddy, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of APSRTC.

Speaking to mediapersons after the Transport Minister K. Laxminarayana flagged off 50 new buses of the city region, Mr. Reddy said the process of recruitment of contract drivers and conductors for the night services was already under way.

CNG buses

Mr. Reddy disclosed that the corporation will start operating five buses run on CNG shortly. The corporation had already been operating 95 CNG-run buses in Vijayawada region.

With the addition of 50 new buses (20 Metro and 30 Ordinary buses) the total fleet of buses in the city region has now reached 2,906 covering a network of 914 routes.

And to meet the growing needs of commuters, it is also proposing to augment the fleet with an additional 504 buses during this financial year.

The city region also proposes to remodel the existing buses to generate revenue through advertisements on the buses. Officials are planning to introduce buses which have wide side-window panes which could display advertisements. Such buses will be introduced in one depot initially.

Regularisation

Earlier, Mr. Laxminarayana said the Government was committed to extending support to APSRTC.

He further said services of 3700 contract employees in the corporation would be regularised within a couple of months.

Executive Director P. Narayana Swamy and City Regional Manager S. Nagaraju were present on the occasion.

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