Resumption of bus service from Punjab to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the national capital is back on the table with the state transport department holding multiple meetings with their Delhi counterparts in the past three weeks.
The development comes after the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab sent a detailed proposal to the Delhi government, headed by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, for resuming the bus service being operated by state-run transport undertakings, including Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways and Punbus.
In July 2018, the PRTC had started eight luxury air-conditioned buses from Patiala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur to and from Terminal 3 of the Delhi Airport. However, within a month, the Delhi government started issuing fines and banned the entry of these buses beyond the ISBT, citing permit issues.
