Mo Bus to run in nine more cities covering Ganjam, Sambalpur & Jharsuguda districts
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved a proposal to extend the Mo Bus services to the Districts of Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Ganjam covering nine cities — Sambalpur-Jharsuguda-Brajarajnagar-Belpahar cluster and Berhampur-Gopalpur-Chhatrapur-Hinjilicut-Digapahandi cluster.
This extension of services of Mo Bus will help in public transportation of about 11,61,000 urban population in the three districts.
“Mo Bus” services which was introduced in the Capital Region on November 6, 2018 under the SPV Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), has covered the Districts Khordha, Cuttack and Puri with a ridership of 2.3 lakh per day with 390 buses.
In the past four and a half years, Mo Bus service in Odisha has drastically eased the daily commuting needs of the citizens. Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) got Area Based permit for plying of city bus services in Bhubaneswar Cuttack and, Puri Urban Transport Area.
Later, Mo Bus services was extended to Rourkela-Biramitrapur-Rajgangpur Master Plan area in the district of Sundargarh during the World Cup Hockey in January 2023 with 100 buses and a ridership of 27,000.
The expansion of Mo Bus services to Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Ganjam is a significant step towards achieving this goal. The expansion will not only improve the quality of life for the residents but also contribute to the overall development and progress of the region, official sources here said.
