Government grants administrative sanction for omnibus terminus at Panjapur

The State government has accorded administrative sanction for establishing an omnibus terminus at Panjapur on the Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway

The State government has accorded administrative sanction for establishing an omnibus terminus at Panjapur on the Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway.

A committee accorded the sanction after studying the Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by the Tiruchi City Corporation last month. The terminus for long-distance omnibuses would be established at a cost of ₹18.75 crore.

About two acres of land has been allocated for the bus stand, which would come up adjacent to the ongoing construction of the integrated bus terminus. The terminus was proposed as part of the Phase II development work in the transport hub.

The omnibus stand will be designed to accommodate at least 100 long-distance buses at a time. Officials said that supportive infrastructure, including commercial outlets, will be provided at the terminus.

As there is no separate terminus for omnibuses operating from the city, the operators have been picking up passengers at multiple boarding points in the city and on the outskirts. The omnibus stand would solve this problem for both passengers and the police, particularly on weekends and festival seasons.

The omnibuses have returned to roadside parking after a private terminus operating on Southern Railway land was closed following the expiry of the lease period last year. At present, omnibuses bound for Chennai and Bengaluru are parked on VOC Road, Major Saravanan Road and Rockins Road near the Central Bus Stand for passengers to board, thereby causing traffic congestion, especially at night.

Officials said the buses originating from the district and omnibuses from the southern districts heading to Chennai via Tiruchi will benefit from the proposed omnibus terminus. The civic body would soon float a tender to identify a suitable contractor for the construction of the omnibus terminus.