CTU buses to ply on 16 Punjab, Haryana routes from September 16

CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has decided to resume interstate bus service of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) on 16 routes — eight each for Punjab and Haryana — from September 16.
The decision to resume bus services was taken on September 4 and the routes were finalised on Thursday.
According to the decision, the CTU buses will ply to Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Dina Nagar, Bathinda and Una border up to Mehatpur in Punjab, while in Haryana, the buses will ferry passengers to and from Panipat, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Jind, Hisar, Sirsa, Hansi and Delhi up to Kundli border.
Earlier, the UT had partially resumed bus services on June 10, but as the Covid cases saw a spike, the decision was rolled back within three days.
As per the latest decision, the buses will start from ISBT, Sector 43. A senior UT administration official said in view of the social distancing and other guidelines, the buses would be operated “point to point” (origin to destination) with only 50% passenger occupancy.
Passengers can book tickets either through the online bus reservation management system or in the bus. No ticket booking will be allowed at the ISBT, Sector 43 counters.