Delhi govt floats tender for 1,000 new DTC buses
16 March 2018 5:22 AM IST
NEW DELHI: After a gap of around five years, the national Capital is all set to get a fleet of 1,000 new buses, with the Transport Department of Delhi government on Thursday floating tenders for procurement of 1,000 buses for the Delhi Transport Corporation.
''Tenders for 1000 DTC buses floated today. Another firm step of Delhi Government towards increasing buses and strengthening public transport,'' Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said in a official tweet on Thursday.
Hailing the decision by his Cabinet colleague, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal retweeted Gahlot's tweet, and further tweeted, "A big step in improving public transport."
The Delhi Cabinet had, in January, passed the proposal to float tenders for procuring 1,000 buses for DTC.
Earlier this month, the Delhi High Court had directed the government not to go ahead with its tender to purchase standard-floor buses, slashing its bid to add 2,000 vehicles plying under DTC down the middle.
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