Farmers Movement Archive

To resume bus service, dept wants ISBT-17 back

Chandigarh, May 28The UT Transport Department has requested the market committee of the fruit and vegetable market, Sector 26, and the local Municipal Corporation to hand over the possession of the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Sector 17, at the earliest.A senior officer of the department said they were expecting to get back the possession of the bus stand by June 1.Mandi was shifted from Sec 26 on May 14The fruit and vegetable market was temporarily shifted from Sector 26 to the ISBT-17 on May 14 due to spurt in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in its proximity at Bapu Dham Colony.The fruit and vegetable market was temporarily shifted from Sector 26 to the ISBT-17 on May 14 due to a spurt in the number of Covid-19 cases in its proximity at Bapu Dham Colony.However, the department is unlikely to get back the possession of the bus stand from June 1 as repair work is still going on at the main fruit and vegetable market in Sector 26.On shifting from the Sector 17 bus stand, Brij Mohan, vice-president, Sabzi Mandi Arhtiya Association, said their business was now getting back on track and the transport authorities were talking about vacating the premises.He said repair work was underway in the main market at Sector 26. Moreover, they were yet to receive any communication from the market committee to shift back to the Sector 26 market.After the Transport Department resumed it local bus service temporarily from the Sector 43 bus stand, the authorities wrote to the market committee, Sector 26, and the MC to give back the possession of the ISBT-17 at the earliest.In the letter, the Transport Department requested the market committee to shift the fruit and vegetable market from the Sector 17 bus stand to an appropriate place at the earliest so that they could resume the operations of local buses from Sector 17. A senior officer of the MC said maintenance and repair works were going on at the main market in Sector 26. The market would continue to function from the bus stand in Sector 17 till the repair work was completed. He said the final decision on shifting back to Sector 26 would be taken by the Administrator.Meanwhile, the Transport Department, which had written to various states for approval to start the inter-state bus service, is yet to receive consent from them.

The Tribune

2020-05-29