Over 25 companies have responded to the pre-qualification meet for the introduction of Integrated Ticketing System (ITS), which will change the way Mumbaikars travel. The system will serve BEST buses, Metro and Mono Rails for the convenience of the commuters in Mumbai and its metropolitan region.
There are about 1.2crore commuters in the city and the metropolitan region boasts of 57lakh bus commuters and over 60lakh railway commuters.
The BEST serves 45lakh commuters in Mumbai, Thane Municipal Transport and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport serve 2lakh commuters, whereas the Kalyan-Dombivli and Mira-Bhayander Municipal Transport carry 1lakh commuters daily.
The Metro is expected to ferry 5lakh commuters and the Mono Rail is expected to provide comfort to 1lakh commuters.
One of the participant companies requested to add Maharashtra State Road Transport to the list drawn up. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will respond to all the queries raised in the meeting by January 20, 2012. The last date forthe submission of pre-qualification applications is February 10, 2012.
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