Bhubaneswar: Jittery drivers in the twin cities are taking to public transport to escape the stiff traffic fines that kicked off on September 1. The result: The premier bus service ‘Mo Bus’ posted record ridership on Friday.
Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) MD Arun Bothra tweeted that Mo Bus, which has an average ridership of 70-72 thousand people, recorded 95,000 on Friday. He even quipped that this is “side effect of new traffic rules”.
Bothra noted that this is the highest number of passengers Mo Bus has ever taken in a day.
Meanwhile, amid huge uproar, the state government has decided to relax the pollution under control (PUC) certificate norm till October 7.
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