CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has decided to restart its bus service on all
routes to Himachal Pradesh from July 1 as state has witnessed sharp decline in COVID-19 cases. CTU
also runs buses as usual for neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. It is revealed an official of
the CTU here on Wednesday.
Bus services have been suspended to other states since long due to sudden spurt in Covid-
19 cases. But with fall in the cases of Covid-19 most of the states had given relaxation in the
restrictions.
However, the bus service to Uttarakhand could not be started right now as the
Uttarakhand government was yet to give approval to ply the buses, he said, adding that they would
start the bus service only after getting approval from the state government.
He said most of the routes in Punjab and Haryana were started earlier. Initially, the buses
would ply to Himachal Pradesh during the day time. After getting response from passengers, they
would start night service, he said, added that 11 buses would go to Himachal Pradesh from
Thursday. The bus service to Himachal Pradesh was shut since May 10.