The Delhi Transport Infrastructure Growth Company (DTIDC) will start a complete improve of the town’s three interstate bus terminals (ISBTs) at Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan subsequent month, with a goal to finish it inside six months, officers aware of the venture mentioned.
The revamp, which is estimated to price ₹34 crore, will embrace civil, electrical and electromechanical repairs together with the set up of contemporary passenger data methods, RFID-based entry monitoring and enlargement of economic and passenger amenities, in response to DTIDC officers. The venture was first introduced by chief minister Rekha Gupta in Could 2025.
“LED show boards displaying real-time bus arrival and departure data and RFID-based increase boundaries shall be put in to enhance operational monitoring. The venture contains upkeep and improve {of electrical} methods, constructing infrastructure, passenger facilities and safety methods to make sure environment friendly functioning,” a senior official, not wishing to be named, mentioned.
The initiative kinds a part of a broader effort by the Delhi authorities to redevelop the town’s ISBTs into world-class passenger terminals with airport-like infrastructure and fashionable facilities. As a part of the redevelopment street map, amenities equivalent to degree escalators and travelators (shifting walkways) shall be put in to facilitate simpler motion of passengers inside terminals, decreasing the necessity to stroll lengthy distances. These upgrades are meant to make sure systematic boarding and improved passenger circulate, officers mentioned.
The plan additionally encompasses establishing automated ticketing machines, digital data methods, improved ready lounges and leisure areas to boost passenger comfort. Officers mentioned the DTIDC’s ongoing improve will complement these long-term redevelopment plans by strengthening core infrastructure and bettering current methods.
The redevelopment plans additionally embrace building of multilevel parking constructions able to accommodating buses and personal automobiles, together with expanded passenger concourses and departure zones. Services, equivalent to meals courts, cloakrooms, child feeding and altering space, fashionable ready areas and passenger lounges, can even be developed inside the terminals.
A good portion of ISBT land shall be developed as built-in industrial hubs that includes procuring complexes, cafes, workplaces, funds inns, scholar housing and different industrial areas. These additions are anticipated to generate income whereas bettering passenger expertise.
“Business kiosks and passenger service amenities shall be enhanced as a part of the infrastructure improve to enhance facilities obtainable on the terminals. Whereas giving a greater expertise to passengers, it would additionally enhance income for the division,” a second transport division official mentioned.
Authorities mentioned the ISBT redevelopment is being deliberate as a part of a broader multimodal transport integration technique. The upgraded terminals will function seamless connectivity with Metro stations, railway stations and the Regional Speedy Transit System (RRTS), permitting simpler transfers between completely different modes of transport.
Elevated concourses, pedestrian-friendly entry routes and vehicle-free zones shall be developed to streamline passenger motion and cut back congestion inside terminal premises. Officers mentioned that after the revamp begins, the division can even coordinate with the visitors police to make sure smoother visitors circulation outdoors the ISBTs whereas decreasing on-street haphazard parking within the space.
Sarai Kale Khan, which can function a significant multimodal hub integrating bus, practice, Metro and RRTS providers, is predicted to play a key function in bettering connectivity throughout Delhi and the Nationwide Capital Area.
“The ISBTs function around the clock and require steady upkeep and monitoring of all methods, together with electrical installations, surveillance methods and passenger amenities,” a DTIDC official mentioned.
The venture will contain mechanised housekeeping, sanitation upgrades and increasing passenger-facing providers to enhance upkeep requirements.
The revamp is a part of the Delhi authorities’s effort to develop the ISBTs into built-in transit hubs, officers mentioned.
