Mohali News: Mohali cries for public transport

Racing fast on the path of development, Mohali dubbed as the future city of Punjab, is lagging behind in providing efficient transport system to residents. While the city is witnessing slew of developmental projects, the government is yet to give a serious thought to improve public transport system here.

Like Chandigarh, a proposal to start radio taxi service was mooted around five months back, but this too has failed to take off. While three months deadline to start already gone, the state transport department has yet to find a suitable service providing company.

District transport officerBalbir Singh Dhol, said that the contract given to a company to start the service in Mohali had been cancelled and now the another company has been asked to provide the radio taxi service. In July, the state transport department had announced to launch the scheme in Mohali on the pattern of Chandigarh.

Initially, 50 radio taxis in a phased manner were to be launched. Taxis were to be plied within a radius of 40 km. State transport officials had given green signals to two firms from Gurgaon and Delhi and even the fares to be charged by radio cabs too were decided.

Meanwhile, Punjab government has decided to include the city among those that will soon get city bus service under public-private partnership, but when this would happen no one knows.

Minister for cooperation Kanwaljeet Singh said ''I will check what led to delay in introducing radio cabs in the city,'' he said. Rajinder Singh Rana, president, Mohali MC, said ''Government is neglecting Mohal in terms of development."

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