Himachal Pradesh authorities on Thursday launched a cashless ticketing system for the Himachal Street Transport Company buses and introduced a 4% dearness allowance for its staff. Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, who made the announcement, additionally inaugurated a shuttle bus service from Outdated Bus Stand in Shimla to Jubbarhatti Airport and launched a web based bus go facility for a university on the Outdated Bus Stand.
The shuttle service is a results of a collaboration between HRTC and the Tourism and Civil Aviation Division.
The fare for shuttle bus service has been fastened at INR 200 per passenger.
The cashless facility will begin with Shimla, Hamirpur and Una and will probably be expanded to your entire state in a while, Agnihotri, who additionally maintain Transport portfolio, stated.
An settlement has been signed between the HRTC and State Financial institution of India for the cashless transactions, he stated.
With the introduction of the power, passengers will be capable of purchase tickets by means of bank card, debit card, or UPI.
The initiative wouldn’t solely save the passengers the hassle of carrying money in small denomination (change) however would additionally scale back disputes between the passengers and the conductor about change, the federal government stated in an announcement.
In response to the assertion, Agnihotri has instructed the Managing Director of the Company to implement the DA earlier than the Mannequin Code of Conduct is applied.
The federal government stated the HRTC has additionally signed an settlement with the Uttar Pradesh authorities, underneath which allows for 3 buses have been obtained for working one bus every from Hamirpur, Una, and Shimla to Ayodhya.
The bus service from Hamirpur to Ayodhya was began on Wednesday.
