(Chd,Hary)Khattar Govt Puts Buses on Routes in Haryana
The Haryana Roadways on Friday resumed bus services on select routes within the State, the first time since the lockdown was announced in March.
Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar had announced on Wednesday that public transport will resume operation in the state on an “experimental basis” from Friday, with a limited number of buses plying on select routes.
The buses, which are not allowed to carry more than 30 passengers to maintain social distancing, are plying since morning on select routes
Initially, the buses will ply on 29 routes from ten depots of Ambala, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kaithal, Karnal, Narnaul, Panchkula, Rewari, Rohtak and Sirsa and run on select point-to-point routes.
There are 23 depots of the Roadways, which has a fleet of over 4,000 buses.
Online booking and wearing masks have been made a must for passengers boarding the Haryana Roadways buses.
From the Panchkula depot, the first bus left for Sirsa in the morning.
Thermal screening of passengers was done at bus terminals, their hands sanitised and it was ensured by the officials of the Haryana Roadways that passengers were wearing masks before boarding buses.
A government spokesman had said on Thursday that the buses will not operate in areas severely affected by COVID-19.