Dalhousie-Delhi luxury bus service soon: Bali

Our Correspondent

Dalhousie, October 11

Luxury bus service between Dalhousie and Delhi will be started before December 31. The bus will depart from Dalhousie at 5.15 pm and reach Delhi at 6.00 am. The service would be a boon for the tourists.

This was stated by Transport Minister GS Bali while addressing a press conference here today.

Bali said the tender process for purchasing 25 electric buses was in the pipeline. The HRTC would ply the buses on the identified routes connecting hill stations.

The minister said under the connectivity plan of the HRTC, new bus services from Dharamsala and Dalhousie to Chandigarh would also be started.

He said the HRTC had increased its fleet of buses from 1,700 to 3,300 during the past three years. It had recently decided to add 400 more buses to the fleet. Bali who also holds the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said the government had taken several decisions for the benefit of public. Every household would get three pulses under the public distribution system (PDS), he said. The consumers would now get mustard oil along with their pending quota.

Chamba Deputy Commissioner Sudesh Mokhta, HRTC Divisional Manager Vijay Sipahiya and Regional Transport Officer Krishna Negi were present.