Bhubaneswar: After starting a ‘Mo Bus’ from Cuttack to the airport, the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will introduce two more routes between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack through NH-16, from Saturday.
While Route No. 16 will connect Master Canteen Terminal and Biju Patnaik Park in CDA, Route No. 16 (A) will connect Master Canteen Terminal with Barabati Stadium. Both the routes will have 13 buses each. Out of the 13 buses on each route, five will be air-conditioned (AC) and eight will be non- air-conditioned buses (non-AC).
Route No. 16 will have major stops: Master Canteen, Vani Vihar, Rasulgarh Square, Pahal, Nakhara, ink Road, Badambadi, High Court, Judicial Academy, Sati Chaura Square, CDA 6 Park and Biju Patnaik Park, the operation time between Master Canteen to Biju Patnaik Park will be from 4:30 am to 7:40 pm. Similarly, the operation time from Biju Patnaik Park to Master Canteen will be from 7:10 am to 9:30 pm respectively.
Route No. 16A will have major stops: Master Canteen, Vani Vihar, Rasulgarh Square, Pahal, Nakhara, Link Road, Badambadi, High Court, Judicial Academy, Sati Chaura Square Bidanasi, Deer Park, Baliyatra Ground and Barabati Stadium. The operation time between Master Canteen and Barabati Stadium will be from 5:00 am to 8:10 pm and from Barabati Stadium to Master Canteen will be from 7:40 am to 10 pm.
It may be mentioned that on December 25, CRUT introduced Mo Bus between Biju Patnaik International Airport and CDA, covering 37 km.
General Manager (Personnel and Administration) of CRUT Dipti Mahapatro said, “With two new routes to Cuttack via NH-16, Mo Bus has created a robust public transport network between two major historic cities of Odisha. It will help passengers in the days to come.’’
With this, there will now be 200 new buses on the roads under Mo Bus.