CTU buses to ply on 8 routes each in Punjab, Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 10

The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) will resume inter-state services initially on eight routes each in Punjab and Haryana from September 16.

In Punjab, the buses will cover major destinations such as Hoshiarpur, Panthankot, Amritsar, Patiala, Mehatpur, Ludhiana, Dina Nagar and Bathinda. In Haryana, bus stations such as Panipat, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Jind, Hisar, Sirsa, Hansi and Delhi (up to Kundli border) will be covered.

A spokesperson said tickets could be purchased online on CTU website: http://ctuonline.chd.gov.in or through mobile app “CTU Musafir”. Tickets could also be purchased on the bus from the conductor during the journey.

The buses will operate at 50 per cent passenger occupancy keeping in view the social distancing norms and other guidelines issued by the UT Administration from time to time.

Following the nationwide lockdown, the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) had suspended the bus services on March 23. However, it briefly resumed the inter-state bus services to neighboring states of Haryana and Punjab from June 10, but suspended these after a few days over the sudden rise in coronavirus cases.