Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Monday said that the Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) currently operates 2850 buses in Hyderabad while 6000 buses are required to transport an average of 9-11 lakh commuters daily via public buses. On an average 10 lakh people use buses as their mode of transport, he added.
The AIMIM Chandrayangutta MLA also said that Bangalore has more than 6000 buses while Chennai operates more than 5000 buses a day, and stressed on the need to increase the fleet of state buses in Hyderabad.
Akbaruddin Owaisi stated that the city has fewer buses than the other big cities in South India. He added that the mini bus services which helped the people to commute in suburbs and neighbourhoods with smaller roads are completely stopped and demanded that they be re-introduced.
In Telangana, the TGSRTC recently ordered 1,000 electric buses, which will be delivered by the makers in phases. According to the transport corporation this is part of an effort to reduce emissions. TGSRTC operates with a fleet of 9139 buses and transports 54.19 lakh passengers everyday with 2724 hired and 6415 own buses.
