Cabinet Minister Dr. Krushna Chandra Mahapatra traveled in Mo Bus on Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar:4/7/24: Dr. Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, Cabinet Minister, Housing & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Odisha traveled in Mo Bus on Wednesday.

Mahapatra purchased the ticket and traveled from Master Canteen to Press Square. During the journey, he interacted with the commuters and enquired about their Mo Bus travel experience. Shri Arun Bothra, Managing Director of Capital Region Urban Transport, accompanied him during the Mo Bus journey.

Speaking to the media, Mahapatra said, “The Mo Bus service is providing convenient, sustainable, safe commuting options to the citizens to the people. There shall be a detailed discussion with the regular passengers of the bus. The number of buses will be increased based on the needs of the citizens. We are checking the situation in various places. The bus service will be provided wherever necessary.”

He further informed that shortly 400 e-buses would be added to the fleet of Mo Bus under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme. “We have been doing well for the last six years. Out of the 400 buses that are running, 63 are e-buses. All of them will be e-buses in the future.” There are plans to run 100 buses in Bhubaneswar, 100 in Cuttack, 50 in Sambalpur, and 100 in Rourkela.”

Later Mahapatra visited the electric depot of Mo Bus at Gadakana and held a review meeting with officials of Capital Region Urban Transport. He emphasised increasing the frequency of buses on busy routes.

At present CRUT is plying 463 buses in 95 routes in the Capital Region (Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Puri) Rourkela, Sambalpur & Berhampur with an average ridership of 2.5 lakhs per day.