After the successful trial of Golf Carts in hill queen, Shimla residents and tourists would soon be able travel on restricted roads leading to historic Mall Road through these battery operated eco-friendly public transport.
As per reports, Golf Carts for travelling on restricted leading upto Mall Road would soon be reality with the Shimla Municipal Corporation on Thursday completing the trial run of the battery driven public transport successfully. The Corporation, interestingly, is looking for the women drivers for the golf carts to make it more graceful.
Shimla MC Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar said that the hill station would be the second town (first hill station) in the country to have this kind of public transport, which neither involves sound, nor pollution. Panwar said that eight persons can travel on a Golf Cart on identified restricted routes i.e Willow Bank to Chotta Shimla, Diplomat (Lakkar Bazaar) to Sanjauli, US Club to St. Bedes’ and CTO to Summerhill.
“The trial run of Golf Cart was conducted to see the challenges of driving it in hill town and Jalandhar based firm, who was a single bidder for the Golf Carts would supply these to Shimla MC,” he said, adding that the Corporation has taken this up with the state government and they are hopeful that the government would clear the project soon. Panwar said that launch of Golf Carts may be as soon as by the end of this month and Himachal Chief Minister may launch the transport service.
He added that Shimla MC would outsource the plying of golf carts in the hill town and the fare is likely to be fixed at Rs 15. Earlier, some low fare taxis were plying on the sealed/restricted and other roads in the town for the convenience of senior citizens. But the whole project, which was outsourced by Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), was handled badly with scuffles common for boarding the taxis at different points, with young people pushing asked the claim of the senior citizens to board first. Often the drivers and the passengers indulged in altercation over this. The taxis were recently withdrawn after court order.
“Anybody can board the golf cart. To avoid anarchy, we are looking for women drivers to drive the golf carts. This will help in running the service with decency,” Panwar said.
Source: North Gazette News
As per reports, Golf Carts for travelling on restricted leading upto Mall Road would soon be reality with the Shimla Municipal Corporation on Thursday completing the trial run of the battery driven public transport successfully. The Corporation, interestingly, is looking for the women drivers for the golf carts to make it more graceful.
Shimla MC Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar said that the hill station would be the second town (first hill station) in the country to have this kind of public transport, which neither involves sound, nor pollution. Panwar said that eight persons can travel on a Golf Cart on identified restricted routes i.e Willow Bank to Chotta Shimla, Diplomat (Lakkar Bazaar) to Sanjauli, US Club to St. Bedes’ and CTO to Summerhill.
He added that Shimla MC would outsource the plying of golf carts in the hill town and the fare is likely to be fixed at Rs 15. Earlier, some low fare taxis were plying on the sealed/restricted and other roads in the town for the convenience of senior citizens. But the whole project, which was outsourced by Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), was handled badly with scuffles common for boarding the taxis at different points, with young people pushing asked the claim of the senior citizens to board first. Often the drivers and the passengers indulged in altercation over this. The taxis were recently withdrawn after court order.
“Anybody can board the golf cart. To avoid anarchy, we are looking for women drivers to drive the golf carts. This will help in running the service with decency,” Panwar said.
Source: North Gazette News
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