BIHARSHARIF: State transport minister Santosh Kumar Nirala along with state rural development and parliamentary affairs minister Shrawan Kumar, Nalanda MP Kaushlendra Kumar and state transport department secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal jointly flagged off seven Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) buses on Wednesday which will ply on Biharsharif-Patna route.

Two ring service buses which will run between Rajgir Mor and Sohsarai localities of the town from 6 am to 7pm, were also inaugurated today.

Inaugurating the bus services Nirala said, “The state government will soon develop the Biharsharif bus stand into a model one. A big shopping complex will also come up here.”

State transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said, “The buses will help to provide a better connectivity between Biharsharif and Patna. The department has proposed to run 12 buses on Biharsharif-Patna route. While the ring bus service in Biharsharif will benefit daily commuters. Around 4,000 people are expected to travel everyday in these buses which will be available at an interval of every half-an-hour.”

“More than 67 lakh commuters travelled by 95 BSRTC buses between March to December 25 this year,” Agarwal said.

The rural development minister said condition of roads and transport system have drastically improved in the last few years. He also gave away keys of autorickshaws to 16 beneficiaries under Mukhya Mantri Parivahan Yojana.

Nalanda DM Thiyagarajan SM said 353 applications under the scheme have already been approved.

