A ceremony would be held at the Island Grounds in Chennai today and in that the CM of TN Mr. MK. Stalin would inaugurate the renovated state transport corporation buses.
It must be noted that the buses that were operated by the state govt in green colour few years back have been changed to blue color now with the introduction of PS4 technology. Now, the suburban buses in TN run in blue colour and the city buses in red colour. Those buses that provide free service to women run in pink colour.
A huge amount of Rs 500 cr has been allocated by the TN govt to buy 1000 new buses and to renovate 500 old buses. Information gathered is that those buses that are in good condition are being renovated and painted with yellow colour. Planning was also carried out to not only change the colour but also to renovate seats and seating facilities etc. From tomorrow onwards, 100 buses will be put to use in the first phase.
Today, 11th August 2023 morning, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu would inaugurate these buses in the ceremony and arrangements for this have been taken care by the minister Mr. SS. Sivashankar.