Lok Sabha Question No. 982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Double-decker Luxury Buses to Reduce Traffic Congestion
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 982

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2017

## DOUBLE-DECKER LUXURY BUSES TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

982. P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified 75 routes in various States including Delhi-Agra, Lucknow Gorakhpur, Vadodara-Mumbai and Bangalore-Mangalore to operate double decker luxury buses to reduce traffic congestion,
- (b) if so, the names of such routes identified/selected by the Government to operate double decker luxury buses, State-wise; and
- (c) the methods adopted to identify traffic congestion on theses routes?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a)  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has  instituted  a  study  under  World  Bank Technical  Assistance  (WBTA-27)  for  passenger  mobility  enhancement.  The  study  has identified 75 routes in various States/STUs.
- (b) List of 75 routes is enclosed at annexure 'A'.
- (c) The study assessed all India traffic survey data and toll data covering major corridors in the  country  to  identify  these  routes  with  low  passenger  share  of  buses  and  high  overall passenger car unit(PCU) count with a greater share of private vehicles as compared to buses.

## Annexure-A: List of 75 Routes

|   S# | Routes                        | Origin        | Origin State   | Destination     | Destination State   |
|------|-------------------------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Delhi - Shimla                | Delhi         | Delhi          | Shimla          | Himachal Pradesh    |
|    2 | Shillong - Guwahati           | Shillong      | Meghalaya      | Guwahati        | Assam               |
|    3 | Gwalior-Bhopal                | Gwalior       | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal          | Madhya Pradesh      |
|    4 | Bhopal-Dewas- Indore          | Bhopal        | Madhya Pradesh | Indore          | Madhya Pradesh      |
|    5 | Indore-Dhule- Nasik           | Indore        | Madhya Pradesh | Nasik           | Maharashtra         |
|    6 | Amritsar-Bikaner              | Amritsar      | Punjab         | Bikaner         | Rajasthan           |
|    7 | Jodhpur-Jamnagar              | Jodhpur       | Rajasthan      | Jamnagar        | Gujarat             |
|    8 | Bangalore-Nilgiris            | Bangalore     | Karnataka      | Nilgiris        | Tamil Nadu          |
|    9 | Bangalore-Tirupati            | Bangalore     | Karnataka      | Tirupati        | Andhra Pradesh      |
|   10 | Bangalore- Mangalore          | Bangalore     | Karnataka      | Mangalore       | Karnataka           |
|   11 | Patiala-Bhatinda              | Patiala       | Punjab         | Bhatinda        | Punjab              |
|   12 | Chennai-Kurnool               | Chennai       | Tamil Nadu     | Kurnool         | Andhra Pradesh      |
|   13 | Chennai- Tiruchirappalli      | Chennai       | Tamil Nadu     | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu          |
|   14 | Coimbatore- Tanjore           | Coimbatore    | Tamil Nadu     | Tanjore         | Tamil Nadu          |
|   15 | Delhi-Agra- Lucknow           | Delhi         | Delhi          | Lucknow         | Uttar Pradesh       |
|   16 | Dhule-Aurangabad              | Dhule         | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad      | Maharashtra         |
|   17 | Rajkot-Udaipur                | Rajkot        | Gujarat        | Udaipur         | Rajasthan           |
|   18 | Udaipur-Kota                  | Udaipur       | Rajasthan      | Kota            | Rajasthan           |
|   19 | Jhansi-Kanpur- Lucknow        | Jhansi        | Madhya Pradesh | Lucknow         | Uttar Pradesh       |
|   20 | Lucknow- Gorakhpur            | Lucknow       | Uttar Pradesh  | Gorakhpur       | Uttar Pradesh       |
|   21 | Gorakhpur- Muzaffarpur        | Gorakhpur     | Uttar Pradesh  | Muzaffarpur     | Bihar               |
|   22 | Patna - Muzaffarpur- Siliguri | Patna         | Bihar          | Siliguri        | West Bengal         |
|   23 | Siliguri-Guwahati             | Siliguri      | West Bengal    | Guwahati        | Assam               |
|   24 | Aligarh-Kanpur                | Aligarh       | Uttar Pradesh  | Kanpur          | Uttar Pradesh       |
|   25 | Nellore-Guntur- Vijayawada    | Nellore       | Telangana      | Vijayawada      | Andhra Pradesh      |
|   26 | Vijayawada- Visakhapatnam     | Vijayawada    | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam   | Andhra Pradesh      |
|   27 | Visakhapatnam- Bhubaneshwar   | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | Bhubaneshwar    | Orissa              |
|   28 | Cuttack-Kolkata               | Cuttack       | Orissa         | Kolkata         | West Bengal         |

|   29 | Delhi-Jaipur                | Delhi       | Delhi           | Jaipur       | Rajasthan      |
|------|-----------------------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|   30 | Jaipur-Bhilwara             | Jaipur      | Rajasthan       | Bhilwara     | Rajasthan      |
|   31 | Bhilwara-Udaipur            | Bhilwara    | Rajasthan       | Udaipur      | Rajasthan      |
|   32 | Udaipur- Ahmedabad          | Udaipur     | Rajasthan       | Ahmedabad    | Gujarat        |
|   33 | Vadodara-Surat- Mumbai      | Vadodara    | Gujarat         | Mumbai       | Maharashtra    |
|   34 | Kolkata-Durgapur            | Kolkata     | West Bengal     | Durgapur     | West Bengal    |
|   35 | Dhanbad-Varanasi            | Dhanbad     | Jharkhand       | Varanasi     | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   36 | Allahabad-Kanpur            | Allahabad   | Uttar Pradesh   | Kanpur       | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   37 | Kanpur-Mathura              | Kanpur      | Uttar Pradesh   | Mathura      | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   38 | Pune-Kolapur                | Pune        | Maharashtra     | Kolapur      | Maharashtra    |
|   39 | Hubli-Davanagere- Bangalore | Hubli       | Karnataka       | Bangalore    | Karnataka      |
|   40 | Bangalore- Chennai          | Krishnagiri | Karnataka       | Chennai      | Tamil Nadu     |
|   41 | Hyderabad- Belgaum          | Hyderabad   | Telangana       | Belgaum      | Karnataka      |
|   42 | Jaipur-Agra                 | Jaipur      | Rajasthan       | Agra         | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   43 | Jaipur-Ujjain               | Jaipur      | Rajasthan       | Kota         | Rajasthan      |
|   44 | Ahmedabad-Ujjain            | Ahmedabad   | Gujarat         | Ujjain       | Madhya Pradesh |
|   45 | Ujjain-Bhopal               | Ujjain      | Madhya Pradesh  | Bhopal       | Madhya Pradesh |
|   46 | Lucknow- Allahabad          | Lucknow     | Uttar Pradesh   | Allahabad    | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   47 | Chandigarh-Delhi            | Chandigarh  | Chandigarh (UT) | Delhi        | Delhi          |
|   48 | Madurai-Kollam              | Madurai     | Tamil Nadu      | Kollam       | Tamil Nadu     |
|   49 | Kolapur-Mangalore           | Kolapur     | Maharashtra     | Mangalore    | Karnataka      |
|   50 | Mangalore- Kozhikode        | Mangalore   | Karnataka       | Kozhikode    | Kerala         |
|   51 | Kozhikode-Kochi             | Kozhikode   | Kerala          | Kochi        | Kerala         |
|   52 | Kochi- Kanyakumari          | Kochi       | Kerala          | Kanyakumari  | Tamil Nadu     |
|   53 | Nagpur - Raipur             | Nagpur      | Madhya Pradesh  | Raipur       | Chhatisgarh    |
|   54 | Raipur- Bhubaneswar         | Raipur      | Chhatisgarh     | Bhubaneshwar | Orissa         |
|   55 | Nashik-Pune                 | Nashik      | Maharashtra     | Pune         | Maharashtra    |
|   56 | Srinagar-Jalandhar          | Srinagar    | Jammu & Kashmir | Jalandhar    | Punjab         |
|   57 | Ludhiana- Kurukshetra       | Ludhiana    | Punjab          | Kurukshetra  | Haryana        |
|   58 | Gwalior-Jhansi- Sagar       | Gwalior     | Madhya Pradesh  | Sagar        | Madhya Pradesh |
|   59 | Jabalpur-Nagpur             | Jabalpur    | Madhya Pradesh  | Nagpur       | Maharashtra    |
|   60 | Nagpur-Hyderabad            | Nagpur      | Maharashtra     | Hyderabad    | Telangana      |

|   61 | Hyderabad- Bangalore   | Hyderabad   | Telangana      | Bangalore      | Karnataka      |
|------|------------------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|   62 | Salem-Madurai          | Salem       | Tamil Nadu     | Madurai        | Tamil Nadu     |
|   63 | Madurai-Tirunelveli    | Madurai     | Tamil Nadu     | Tirunelveli    | Tamil Nadu     |
|   64 | Pune-Solapur           | Pune        | Maharashtra    | Solapur        | Maharashtra    |
|   65 | Solapur- Hyderabad     | Solapur     | Maharashtra    | Hyderabad      | Telangana      |
|   66 | Hyderabad- Vijayawada  | Hyderabad   | Telangana      | Vijayawada     | Andhra Pradesh |
|   67 | Raipur- Vishakhapatnam | Raipur      | Chhatisgarh    | Vishakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
|   68 | Gwalior-Bhopal         | Gwalior     | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal         | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   69 | Sagar-Varanasi         | Sagar       | Madhya Pradesh | Varanasi       | Uttar Pradesh  |
|   70 | Salem-Coimbatore       | Salem       | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore     | Tamil Nadu     |
|   71 | Hissar-Delhi           | Hissar      | Haryana        | Delhi          | Delhi          |
|   72 | Solapur-Bellari        | Solapur     | Maharashtra    | Bellari        | Karnataka      |
|   73 | Solapur- Aurangabad    | Solapur     | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad     | Maharashtra    |
|   74 | Surat-Dhule            | Surat       | Gujarat        | Dhule          | Maharashtra    |
|   75 | Udaipur-Ajmer          | Udaipur     | Rajasthan      | Ajmer          | Rajasthan      |

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