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Red Letter day in the history of Punjab; Bus flagged off in the afternoon by CM reaches Delhi Airport

Red Letter day in the history of Punjab; Bus flagged off in the afternoon by CM reaches Delhi Airport

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

Today, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal jointly flagged off the bus service to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, New Delhi from Jalandhar.

 

That bus carried the residents of Punjab, who wants to go abroad and to take flight from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi. The bus has reached IGI airport as per its schedule in the evening and the passengers thanked the Punjab government for taking this long pending issue of public interest.

 

Earlier in the day, at the time of flag off ceremony, chief minister Bhagwant Mann had said  “this is a historic occasion when the Punjab government has fulfilled its promise with the people by ending monopoly of the private transporters and introducing cheap and luxury travel to IGI airport in merely Rs 1170 thereby stopping loot of people”.

Red Letter day in the history of Punjab; Bus flagged off in the afternoon by CM reaches Delhi Airport

The Chief Minister had said that daily seven Volvo buses will ply from Jalandhar bus stand to Delhi airport. Likewise, he said that similar buses will also move from Amritsar, Pathankot, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Patiala and even from Chandigarh daily to the airport for facilitating the passengers. Bhagwant Mann said that with the plying of these buses the passengers will get a comfortable, luxurious and cheap travel to airport at a meagre price. 

 

The Chief Minister had said that passengers desirous of going to airport can get the online booking done prior to three months of travel whereas the tickets can be booked at the counters of bus stand six months ahead of the journey. Bhagwant Mann said that his government has got the mandate of people to serve the state by eliminating mafia. He said that will the rolling of these buses now transport mafia will also be a thing of past.

 

The Chief Minister bemoaned that for decades only private transporters had run their buses on this route and looted the people by charging impulsively. Squarely blaming the successive Congress and Akali governments for not plying government buses to airport, he said that vested interests of these leaders prohibited them from doing so. Bhagwant Mann said that the transporter leaders of both these parties minted the money illegally by not allowing government buses to operate on this route.

 

The Chief Minister had said that his government will take every initiative to safeguard the interests of Punjabis and eliminate all sort of mafia or monopolisation from the state. Bhagwant Mann said that number of NRIs who came to Punjab from abroad had always complained him that why only private players have the right to ply buses on this route and why not government buses are running on them. He said that now sounding death knell for transport mafia, Punjab government will run these super luxurious buses that will charge less than half of private transporters and give double facilities than them. Bhagwant Mann also thanked the Delhi government especially the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for extending fulsome support and cooperation to them for this noble cause. 

 

Red Letter day in the history of Punjab; Bus flagged off in the afternoon by CM reaches Delhi Airport

The Delhi Chief Minister had said that it was a significant day for Punjab as the Volvo buses started departing to IGI Airport. He said that this facility would be smoother and beneficial especially for the Punjabi Diaspora. He said that the AAP‘s Government is an honest one, which has been working in a transparent manner thus paving a way for implementation of pro-people initiatives.

  

Punjab Transport Minister Laljeet Singh Bhullar had termed the day a historic as the efforts of Chief Ministers of Punjab and Delhi to start this service which would facilitate to lakhs of NRIs of Punjab. He said that this endeavour of Punjab Government would end the monopoly of private players.

 

Addressing on the occasion, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot had said that now the buses from Punjab would depart for IGI Airport New Delhi benefitting the people across the state and of foreign shores. He said that the AAP Government had started this volvo bus service within three months after taking over in the state. He also clarified that the Volvo buses of Punjab Roadways, Punbus and PRTC would arrive directly at the airport terminals.

 

Red Letter day in the history of Punjab; Bus flagged off in the afternoon by CM reaches Delhi Airport. Earlier, Secretary Transport Punjab Vikas Garg and Principal Secretary Transport Delhi Ashish Kundra also addressed the gathering.

 

PUNBUS, PRTC buses joint timetable from Punjab to IGI Delhi airport released

 

June 15,2022

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