NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 4
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday inaugurated eight bus stations and a workshop, built at a cumulative cost of Rs 28.20 crore.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp e-dedicated total Rs.43.72 crore worth projects of GSRTC including inauguration of 8 new bus stations and 1 ST workshop worth Rs.28.20 crore as well as foundation stone laying of 5 depot workshops worth Rs.15.52 crore. pic.twitter.com/1vEwPcbKzC
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) June 4, 2021
The chief minister also performed a virtual ground-breaking ceremony for five workshops, which will be built at a cost of Rs 15.52 crore, an official release stated.
The new bus stations have come up in Dehgam, Sanand, Limbdi, Santrampur, Palanpur, Piplav, Waghodia and Demai towns, while the workshop has been constructed in Bhavnagar, it was stated.
On an average, 25 lakh people travel in around 8,500 buses through 7,500 scheduled trips, Rupani said, adding that 99 percent of the rural pockets in Gujarat are now covered by state transport buses.
The chief minister lauded the role of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation in shifting people to safer places during natural calamities such as cyclones.
