New Delhi: In what might be excellent news for Delhiites and passengers who journey with Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses, the state authorities has introduced a ten% discount on tickets if purchased on-line utilizing the ‘One Delhi’ app.
The determination to supply a ten% discount on bus tickets was taken after the Delhi authorities had lately accredited the proposal.
Besides e-ticketing and details about DTC and cluster buses, the app additionally affords details about the closest out there electrical automobile (EV) charging stations. The data is supplied in each English and Hindi languages.
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot hailed the choice as a “welcome step, especially in the middle of the ongoing (COVID-19) pandemic, to reduce spread through surface contact”.
The e-ticketing app additionally exhibits the anticipated time of arrival (ETA) of buses. “When we launched the Common Mobility Card in 2018, we saw a large number of private car users shift to public transport. I am hoping that the state-of-the-art buses, with increased surveillance and safety features and right incentives like the ones we are offering through e-ticketing apps and the Common Mobility card, will be a much-needed push for Delhiites to adopt public transport as their default mode of transport,” an announcement quoted him as saying.
At current, Delhi has a mixed fleet dimension (DTC and cluster) of 6,750 buses, and witnesses a mean day by day ridership of 49 lakh passengers. Also Read: Facebook says it shouldn’t be blamed for US failing to fulfill vaccine objectives
“This move is also expected to save revenue on printing, storage, manpower and the data-storage mechanism. The department also envisages app-based ticketing to help in the generation of better passenger onboarding data that can be analysed to rationalise routes and better services for the passengers,” the assertion stated. Also Read: Projected pendency of 45 million circumstances in Indian courts an overstatement, says CJI NV Ramana
(With inputs from wires)
