Long wait for Aurangabad bus service set to end soon

Aurangabad | Sunday | 20th January, 2019

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“We foresee no hurdles in starting the bus service by the mid of next week,” he said.It should be noted that the formal inauguration of city bus service was done by Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray on December 23, 2018. Since then, citizens of Aurangabad have been eagerly awaiting start of the city bus services.While Aurangabad mayor Ghodele and his team of Shiv Sena leaders earlier had set January 23, 2018 as the deadline for starting city bus service, the plans could not materialise due to poor planning.The much-talked about city bus service later continued to remain a non-starter as the extended deadline of August 15 last year also lapsed. “We have floated tenders for appointing a private firm for installation of the bus stops. The process could take a few weeks,” a senior civic official said. Based on the response to the bidding process, we will appoint the private contractor..