The Government of Odisha decided to introduce the much awaited bus rapid transit in the capital city, Bhubaneswar which will be designed by the Ahmedabad based Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT).
The Government of Odisha has sanctioned 460 crore for this BRTS project in Bhubaneswar under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The decision was taken at a meeting of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of ministry of urban development in New Delhi.
[1] Bhubaneswar Development Authority Commissioner, Injeti Srinivas, at a high-level meeting recently, finalised this BRTS project and asked the Works Department of Odisha to go ahead with all the processes needed.
The tendering process for the civil construction barricading two lane dedicated roads and bus stops are going on.