By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chairman 5T –Nabin Odisha, VK Pandian, conducted a site visit to Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Baramunda, here on Tuesday to assess progress of various ongoing works aimed at ensuring early operationalisation of the terminal at the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
. He took stock of facilities provided for the commuters, including waiting areas, sanitation, bus bays, upcoming F&B outlets, lighting installations, and restrooms.
Pandian appreciated the Operation Control Centre (OCC) and advised a tech savvy person with involved leadership to man the OCC. He directed officials to make provision of proper Odia signage and map facility to guide the commuters. He asked the BDA team to expedite the finishing works and get the ISBT ready for dedication to people of Odisha by mid of February 2024.
Spanning over 15.5 acres of land, the ISBT Baramunda project, spearheaded by Bhubaneswar Development Authority, is designed to cater to needs of passengers. It will offer a range of amenities, office spaces, parking facilities, food courts, restaurants, and commercial areas giving feel and experience of that of an airport.
ISBT Baramunda is a significant project that will benefit the people of Odisha and several other neighbouring states by providing a modern and efficient transportation hub. It will provide world-class travel experience to passengers with modern facilities such as state-of-art Aahaar Centre, restaurants, multistoried car parking, pick-up/drop-off facility, solar panel system, and sewage treatment plant.
It also has provisions for police facilitation centre to ensure safety of passengers, administrative building for managing terminal operations, toilets, ramp facilities for convenience of passengers with disabilities, and baby feeding rooms for mothers travelling with infants. Besides, there will be children’s play area, a primary health clinic, additional parking for seasonal buses, pre-paid auto and taxi facilities as well.
