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My Bus Is Not A Mo Bus
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|August 12, 2019
Why Bhubaneswar residents are not using the new service
IT has everything an urban commuter might need. The choice of AC and non-AC buses; spacious, comfortable seats, some earmarked for women and senior citizens; reasonably low fares (starting from Rs 8 for AC buses and Rs 5 for non-AC buses); WiFi, CCTV, online ticketing facilities and an app. There is even a discount of 20 per cent for those who use the Odyssey card, specially launched for the service, and 10 per cent on digital wallet payments. What more, it services most areas of Bhubaneswar at regular intervals. For any other Indian city, it would have been a coveted infrastructure upgrade. Yet, the Mo Bus (‘my bus’ in Odia), launched with great jubilation on November 6 last year to coincide with the Hockey World Cup held in the city, does not have enough takers.
This story is from the August 12, 2019 edition of Outlook.
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