The Chandigarh Administration transport department is in the process to update all the local CTU buses Smart under the Intelligent Support System.
The transport department will start issuing smart cards to commuters. The Chandigarh administration issued an order concerning the revised rates/ E-Sampark facilitation charges/printing cost-per-card basis.
Moreover, Chandigarh’s first electric bus will reach here from Chennai next week. The buses will be on trial run first and the fare will be same as CTU buses. The charging stations are at ISBT, Sector 17, Sector 45 and PGI.
The rates shall be applicable from the date of the rollout of the plan by Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC). The following decision has been taken concerning issuing smart cards to commuters:
1. To promote usage of smart cards among the variants/commuters, initially, 10,000 smart cards will be issued free of cost but printing charges will be levied. Thereafter, Rs. 100/- for smart card charges (revisable from time to time by CTU) and printing/facilitation charges at SPIC will be paid by the commuters.
2. In case of personalized smart card issued under any of the categories as mentioned in fare notification vide No. 1/5/36-H-III(7) 2020/906, dated 15.01.2020, the amount will not be refunded.
3. In case of return of anonymous smart card, transaction charges will be paid by the user as applicable and his balance in the card will be refunded.
4. In case anonymous smart cards are lost then the user will have to pay the requisite fee for Smart Card along with issuance/printing charges as applicable and his balance will be transferred to a new card after authentication.
5. In the case of a personalized Smart Card, there will be no refund. However, in anonymous smart cards refund can be made.
6. The minimum recharge will be Rs. 100/- and can be done and maximum Rs. 4,900/- with a cap in a smart card as Rs. 5,000/-. Also, a smart card shall have a minimum amount of Rs. 100/- at any point in time as a Smart Card security fee.
7. All the charges as mentioned above will be payable by the commuters.
It is to be mentioned that charges will be revised after one year.
