Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Corporation has called for online tender for an Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT), following the technical sanction awarded for the project.
Coimbatore: Following technical approval awarded for the project, the Coimbatore Corporation has called for online tender for an Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT). After years of hiccups, a detailed project report of IBT was submitted to the State government, and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami recently made an annoucement regarding the IBT at Vellalore at the last assembly session.
As the project has got administrative and technical sanction, online tender has been called for the project. The cost of the project will be partly borne by the State government and the CCMC.
The 61.62-acre IBT proposal has provisions for a driveway, utilities and building to be constructed in an area of 52.06 acres, landscaping area in 7. 68 acres and a reserve area for an Omni bus terminus in 1.88 acres, with the total construction area being 37, 854 sq.m.
The detailed project report of the IBT at Vellalore has everything that a model bus terminal will require - with facilities to park 140 moffussil buses and 33 city buses at any given point of time, provision to park 1200 two wheelers and 104 cars and a proposed future plan to accomodate an Omni bus stand. This is apart from the 71 shops in an area of 32,152 sq.ft., 11 ATMs in 2243 sq.ft., seven transport offices in 2,194 sq.ft. area and two public dormitories in an area of 7,862 sq.ft. proposed for the IBT.
As far as commercial space is concerned, 71 shops are to be constructed along with 11 ATMs, seven transport offices, two cloak rooms, two restaurants, two public dormitories and commercial office space for three units.
Earlier, CCMC Commissioner, J .Sravan Kumar stated a few days ago that the online tender for the project has already been called for and the tender would be open till October 24.