CTU to resume interstate service soon

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2

With the removal of restrictions on interstate and intra-state movement of persons and goods in Unlock 4.0, the UT Administration has decided to resume the interstate bus operations at the earliest.

This was decided at a meeting chaired by UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore.

It was also decided that the fruit and vegetable market being operated from the ISBT in Sector 17 should now return to Sector 26 and function with necessary precautions, including sanitisation.

A senior official of the Transport Department said they hoped to get back the possession of the ISBT-17 by September 15 and resume the interstate bus service.

However, an office-bearer of the Grain Market Association, Sector 26, said they were yet to get orders from the Administration on shifting the mandi back to Sector 26.

The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking had briefly resumed the interstate bus services to neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab on June 10, but suspended theseafter a few days over a sudden rise in Covid cases.