NBSTC

NBSTC to reintroduce Double Decker bus on Mahalaya

An old double-decker bus of the North Bengal State Transport
Corporation is going to hit the road on the day of Mahalaya (Monday).
The decision to reintroduce the service was adopted in the last Board
meeting of the corporation that was held on 3 October in presence of
the chairman cum the North Bengal Development minister, Gautam Deb.

The Managing Director of the NBSTC, C Murugan said that an old
double-decker bus has been thoroughly renovated and painted. Earlier
these buses used to ply on Sonapur route. This time it will ply
between Cooch Behar and Alipurduar or Cooch Behar and Mathabhanga.

NBSTC's Cooch Behar Division sources said they will try to run the
renovated double-decker bus upto Jainti during the ensuing tourism
season. It may be considered a special attraction to the tourists, the
officials believe.

There was a proposal to buy two new double-decker buses for the NBSTC.
When asked the MD said that they heard that a legal bar was there in
manufacturing such buses. "We will look into the matter and then the
proposal to purchase two such buses may come up again", he added. He
also said that among the 35 new buses for which order was placed to
the manufacturing company in Bangalore, ten were delivered. These will
arrive very soon. Among the ten buses Siliguri will get two, Cooch
Behar three, Baharampore three and Raiganj will get two. Two new buses
of the Siliguri depot will run upto Kolkata, he said. The rest 25
buses will be distributed among the depots of the corporation after
receiving from the manufacturer, he informed.