DTC may relaunch bus service for tourist spots

The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and tourism department are working on a plan to relaunch the popular tourist destination bus service— on the lines of Delhi Darshan Hop-On Hop-Off (Hoho), albeit in a fixed loop with dedicated stoppages—after a five-year pandemic-induced gap, officials aware of the matter said on Thursday.

- Snehil Sinha

Tourism department officials said the service will be planned on two different routes, or circuits, in the evening hours. It is planned to start around 4-5pm and end around 9pm, they said.

“We plan to include some of the new attractions of Delhi like the PM Sanghrahalaya and the war memorial along with the lighting at some of the monuments and other buildings, which is why evening hours have been chosen,” an official said, requesting anonymity.

“We have seen from experience that Hoho service cannot be very successful in a busy city like Delhi because we cannot maintain the kind of frequency needed for it,” the official said.