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Article: Pune becomes the first city in India to have BRT system.
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- December 3, 2006
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Pune becomes the first city in India to have BRT system
Pune, Dec 3 (PTI) Pune today become the first city in the country to have the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a modern public transport plan to beat traffic chaos, with Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy inaugurating the system on a 12.2 km stretch of the total planned distance of over 100 km.
"The Central government has approved Bus Rapid Transit System for Indore, Pune and Ahmedabad. But Pune has become the first city in the country where it (BRTS) has become operational and I am happy to flag off the bus," Reddy said at a function held to mark the occasion.
Reddy, MP Suresh ...