Friday, 18 February 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
The Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) has started the operation of about 400 roadways buses from Thursday which were requisitioned by the Transport department for the election duty due to the Assembly elections for which the polling was held on February 14. The corporation which had finally started recovering from the loss caused due to the Covid-19 pandemic is estimated to have suffered a loss of about Rs 50-60 lakh on a daily basis due to the requisition, as per the official sources.
The department requisitioned 400 roadways buses from February 8 to February 16 for poll duties, especially in the mountainous areas. This had affected the transportation on many routes across the state though mainly on 14 routes from Dehradun to the mountainous areas. The general manager (operations) of UTC, Deepak Jain said that the buses started returning from the election duties after the polling and except for three to four buses, all buses have returned and their regular operation was started from Thursday. The operation of the remaining few buses will commence from Friday and buses to all routes will be available for passengers, added Jain.
