City bus services will start in Berhampur by September 30. This was informed by Berhampur Municipal Commissioner Ajit Mishra at a meeting held here on Thursday.
He said the State Government has released `5 crore to purchase buses which will ply between Berhampur and Gopalpur, Berhampur and Chatrapur and Berhampur and Hinjili.
These buses will be operated by Ganjam Urban Transport Service Ltd whose Chairman is Ganjam Collector. The company has been floated by the BMC. Officials like BMC Commissioner, RTO, SDPO and BDA Secretary will function as the company’s directors.
On each of the three routes, eight buses would ply at 10 to 12 minutes interval and the bus service would be operated on PP mode.
