With Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) all set to roll in May, Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) budget for the year 2009-10 proposes to have 100 buses to feed this service.

Presenting Rs 253.93 crore budget, AMTS chairman Pravin Patel said, on Thursday, that BRTS will supplement AMTS. He said that at least five per cent of the routes will be changed so that they do not move along BRTS route. Routes will be changed in a way that they do not take traffic along the BRTS route. He said that 100 buses will be given to AMTS by AMC from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM).

Further, he said that computerization of depots and AMTS office will be given priority. Apart from these, buses will have GPRS facilities and depots will have a radio frequency device to monitor and keep a check on the buses running late or over speeding.

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Source: The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)