JAIPUR: At a time when the state government is planning to make city roads free from the Bus Rapid Transit System ( BRTS ) corridors, many town planners and engineers believe its removal will in no way significantly improve the traffic condition.The 7.3-metre-wide corridors are situated on the roads where the width of motorable passage is 45 metres. Experts believe that further widening of roads after demolishing the corridors for cars or two-wheelers will not bring a drastic change in the present situation.A senior official of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) on condition of anonymity said, “The capacity of two lanes is 1200 PCUs (passenger car units). When number of cars exceeds the road capacity (volume to capacity more than 1), a high-capacity transport system is required including BRTS, Metro etc.”As bus transport is cheaper as compared to the Metro, experts believe the government should make efforts to make the existing project feasible, rather than demolishing the corridors in the city. “In Jaipur, the annual loss of the Metro is approximately Rs 24 crore (monthly loss of Rs 2 crore) and its average rider-ship is nearly 20,000. The government is providing subsidy of approximately Rs 100 per passenger. While the Jaipur City Transport Services Limited (JCTSL) loss is approximatively Rs 3.25 crore and it caters to 1.80 lakh passengers per day. Subsidy of Rs 6 per passenger is being provided by the government,” said a source, who is an engineer.Sources said, accidents near the corridors occurred due to lack of enforcement, not because of faulty planning or lesser width of the road. “Sikar Road, Ajmer Road and New Sanganer Road were two-laned on either sides (total 4 lanes) when BRTS corridor was constructed.Now, there are three lanes on either side of the corridor. If the corridor is removed, movement of buses along with traffic is expected to cause more accidents,” added the official.Many opined that the project would have been feasible if the entire BRTS network was laid. Till date, JDA has constructed 7 km on north-south corridor (Sikar Road) against the sanctioned 26 km. Similarly, against the sanctioned 13 km, only 8 km has been constructed on east-west corridor. The project could easily provide swift passage between Khatipura Mod and the airport. It could also turn into an easy mode of commute between Sikar Road and Railway Station. “It was proposed to ply 100 buses in BRTS corridors for commuters, but that never happened. The project would have been successful if concrete decisions had been taken,” said the official.While the state government is planning on the removal of the BRTS corridors, the project cannot be uprooted without Centre’s permission, as 50% grant was provided under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.