CM gives nod to luxury bus policy

A new policy that will enable private players to operate luxury air-conditioned buses in the national capital and encourage people to shift from private vehicles to these buses has been finalised and is being sent to Raj Niwas for approval, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.

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Kejriwal said once the Delhi Motor Vehicles Licensing of Aggregator (Premium Buses) Scheme, 2023 is cleared by lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena, Delhi will be the first city in the country to introduce a premium bus aggregator scheme.

The CM said his government had been working on the plan to introduce luxury buses to reduce congestion ever since the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in Delhi. "Now eight years later, it looks like it will indeed become a reality," he said. "I am approving the scheme today, and we will send it to the LG, and I hope that LG will approve it," Kejriwal said, underlining the LG had approved the previous draft of the scheme on May 25.