PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will procure 50 mini buses for the scheme ‘Travel for Rs10’. The civic administration will spend Rs10 crore on the purchase, which was approved by the standing committee on Tuesday.
“The announcement of procurement was made in the municipal budget. Two bidders have come forward to provide the buses and the lowest bid has been selected. We are hoping to get these buses in two months,” said Hemant Rasane, chairman of the standing committee.
The panel also extended the contract with Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) collective of wastepickers by a month. “We will see if any other agency provides the service of door-to-door garbage collection of the same quality but at competitive rates,” he said. The standing committee has approved Rs1.5 crore to lay cycle tracks at Pashan Road. The civic body will also develop a parking facility at Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium in Kothrud. The PMC’s general body approved names of new standing committee members.