RTC planning to provide end-to-end connectivity

AMEERPET-LB NAGAR METRO LAUNCH ON SEPT. 1ST WEEK

TSRTC is planning to provide its services for the end-to-end connectivity of Metro passengers. The corporation has been conducting surveys to integrate their bus services with the upcoming Metro services from LB Nagar to Ameerpet from the beginning of September.

According to an RTC official, the number of services will be reduced from LB Nagar to Miyapur, and increase the services to interior colonies on both sides of the Metro route. The services will also be increased to connect nearby villages with LB Nagar.

According to A. Sridhar, deputy traffic manager, RTC, the survey will identify places along the Metro path that need connectivity. The feeder buses will be increased to cater the Metro passengers. The effect of Metro on the parallel operations of the RTC buses will have to be analysed, he added.

Mr Sridhar said there are around 50 feeder buses between Nagole and Miyapur for Metro passengers, adding that the RTC will add more feeder buses with more frequency.

Currently, RTC runs around announced by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister, Mr K. Taraka Rama Rao, while inaugurating the 940-metre-long Kamineni Left Hand Side flyover on Friday.

Mr Rao said that Kamineni flyover, which had been constructed at a cost of `49 crore was the first flyover and the fourth structure to be completed under the Strategic Road Development Programme. 805 buses between Ameerpet and LB Nagar, and at least 44 buses that touch both the places. At present, eight buses connect Hayath Nagar and Patancheruvu, making 48 trips, and eight buses make 40 trips between LB Nagar and Lingampally.