Bhubaneswar ISBT To Have Many Firsts In Passenger Facilities In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Several passenger facilities for the first time in Odisha will be introduced in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar inter-state bus terminal (ISBT) coming up at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar.

For the convenience of passengers and ease of travel, the Bhubaneswaer Development Authority (BDA) has made Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card mandatory for all the buses using the ISBT, sources said.

RFID readers will be installed at the entry and exit points of the terminal as well as the bus bays. The passengers can track the buses with real time location of the buses from the RFID.

The ISBT, which will be inaugurated soon, will have three entry gates and around 50 bays. Once a bus enters the terminal, the system will detect its RFID tag and the driver will be displayed a bay number on the LED screen installed a few metres from the entry gates. After a bay is allocated, the driver can park the vehicle there to pick and drop passengers, the sources added.

The passengers can also get information about arrival and departure of their buses from airport-like information system. At least 10 LED systems will be installed at different places including the waiting area of the terminal to display the information.

Besides, they can get information on their buses like terminal, routes from the website of ISBT. Around 1,500 buses will be tagged with RFID.

The authorities have also decided to start prepaid auto-rickshaw services from the terminal. A dedicated parking space has been set up in the ISBT for vendors.