AGARTALA, Nov 30 (TIWN): With much of enthusiasm the Tripura Road Transport Road Corporation (TRTC) has launched the Agartala – Guwahati bus service before Durga Puja.Talking to TIWN correspondent Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik said that due to some technical faults the bus service has been stopped on the route and initiatives are underway to resume the bus service in the route. However, according to report, the new AC bus procured by TRTC for the route hardly gave service twice to Guwahati after its inauguration and since then the service was stopped. The service is allegedly stopped after getting complains from passengers, as the so called deluxe bus is not fit for journey in the route. The bus lacks journey facilities as AC was fitted in normal bus. The passengers need comfortable bus seat while travelling long journey but it is seen that the seat arrangement in the bus is unscientific and passengers did not find any comfort. For this the passengers are not willing to travel by the bus. As a result, passengers have to travel by double fare by private buses and other vehicles. Although the TRTC authority are aware of the issue and despite of knowing everything they are not taking any action for the renovation of the bus.The Agartala – Guwahati bus stopped on October 16 and after two months the bus service did not resume.

 Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) is the government agency overlooking public road transport in Tripura, India.

The transport department of Tripura, an undertaking (public) found it eligible for the provisions stated in 2005 Right to Information Act. It is the lonely government body, which controls each transport related issues and controls over many areas. The headquarter is situated in the west districts of Tripura which is the office of joint transport commissioner as well as different offices are also situated in north, south and districts of Dhalai regions. The main branch office is situated at Dharmanagar. The other unit is at Churaibari gate whose main function is to inspect all the vehicles for the toll tax, which passes from that road.

The total straight line distance between Guwahati and Agartala is 265 KM (kilometers) and 820.57 meters. The miles based distance from Guwahati to Agartala is 165.2 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Guwahati and Agartala may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.