Due to regular complaints regarding star bus operation, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to suspend the operation of star buses. A notice was send to star bus operator M/s Vansh Nimay Infra Projects Private Ltd.
Discussions are to hand over bus operation to MSRTC.
MSRTC is launching the bus service from Nagpur to Pune and vice verse. The service will start from 8th December 2011. It will charge Rs 1210 per seat and the prices will not increase during heavy rush seasons like Diwali or any other festival.
The bus will leave Nagpur at 7 PM and reach Pune at 8 AM and again leave Pune in the evening. It is very helpful for travelers doing constant up and down for business or studies.
Deepak Kapoor, Managing Director MSRTC has taken a decision to run A/C volvo buses in the Nagpur – Hyderabad route. According to him lots of private players are running in this route and making profit. He stated, starting a bus in this route will be profitable.
MSRTC will also operate in two other new routes from Mumbai to Udaipur, pune to surat and Ahmedabad. It is also planning to start AC buses from Mumbai to Goa from 15th December 2011.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had promised to sort out the dispute between Nagpur Municipal Corporation and MSRTC over parking of buses near Mor Bhavan in the last winter session but the issue is yet pending. The city bus operator uses main roads for parking buses, this causes lots of problems for moving traffic as t reduces the space for movement of vehicles.