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New batch of 500 radio taxis launched

Staff Reporter

Aim is to reduce Delhiites’ dependency on private vehicles, says Haroon Yusuf

— Photo: V.V. Krishnan

FOR BETTER SERVICE: A fleet of taxis, part of the Radio Taxi Service launched by Chanson Group, being flagged off by Delhi Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf (third from right) on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: To make the Capital’s citizens use public transport and reduce their dependence on private vehicles, the Delhi Government is planning to increase the number of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses to 6,000 and that of radio taxis to 5,000, Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf said on Wednesday while flagging off another new batch of 500 radio taxis.

Monorail system

Speaking at the function at North Avenue, Mr. Yusuf said that to improve public transport the Delhi Government was also planning to introduce the monorail system. He said while the project had been approved by the Delhi Cabinet, the mode of execution of the project would be decided now and the expression of interest would be floated by July.

More taxis by 2009

The Minister said that since the road space was limited, the idea was to improve the public transport system. The radio taxis were also part of this plan and their number was expected to increase from around 2,000 at present to 5,000 by 2009, he added. Likewise by then the DTC fleet would have doubled from 3,000 buses at present at around 6,000.

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