BMC to spend `9 cr for setting up 200 new bus shelters in city
Shelters will have metal benches and will be surrounded by a transparent enclosure that will give commuters a clear view of the road; civic body set up 105 bus shelters in February
The Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) has planned to set up 200 bus shelters at different locations of the Mumbai suburban area at an estimated expenditure of Rs 9 crore.
According to the BMC officials, these bus shelters will have metal benches and will be surrounded by a transparent enclosure that will give commuters a clear view of the road without any obstruction. These shelters will use few spaces of footpaths and will be visually appealing.
This project is part newlyinvented Tactical Urbanism (TU) initiative under which the civic body aims to improve the small public spaces in the city.
According to a senior BMC official, the civic body initiated the first phase in February, wherein they had set up 105 bus shelters at different locations and spent Rs eight crore for the project. He further said that they will set up 200 new shelters at various places in eastern and western suburbs in the next phase"
The BMC and BEST officials jointly conducted a survey and identified 200 bus stops of which, 30 shelters will be unique green bus shelters.
Andheri, Powai, Juhu, Goregaon, Chembur, Ghatkopar are some of the
areas, where these new bus shelters will come up, informed the BMC official.
According to assistant municipal commissioner Kiran Dighavkar, who is also the incharge of planning department, which is executing the project, “We have planned 300 bus shelters of them them 50 have already been completed. Another 50 will be completed within a month. We have floated tenders for remaining 200 shelters and work order for them will be issued within a month.”