Nod for fuel bunk soon

KOCHI: The next director board meeting of Vyttila Mobility Hub Society would give the nod for initiating tender procedures for installing a fuel bunk in the hub. With hundreds of buses, especially KSRTC buses, shifting their base to the hub from Monday, a bunk is inevitable for its smooth functioning.Three oil companies such as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharath Petroleum Company Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HP) have submitted expression of interest for the project, M Beena, managing director, Vyttila Mobility Hub Society, said. “However, installing a fuel bunk will take quite some time. Until the fuel bunk is constructed, the KSRTC buses can fill fuel from the fuel bunks in neighbouring depots,” Beena said.The measures taken for opening a police aid post at the hub are almost over. City Police Commissioner has given permission to open the aid post. Prepaid auto-rickshaw counters will be started at the hub. With the authorities deciding to divert more buses to the mobility hub from Monday as part of the traffic regulations in the wake of reconstruction of North ROB, the hub will soon become more active. As per the plans, all the private limited stop, fast passenger, super fast, super express and super deluxe buses should  end their trips at Vyttila Mobility Hub. All the city service buses plying via Vyttila, except buses coming from Tripunithura side, should enter the Mobility Hub. The KSRTC limited stop, fast passenger, super fast, super express and deluxe buses also should halt at mobility hub between 7 am to 8 pm. These buses should use mobility hub as the bus station instead of the Ernakulam KSRTC stand. Half of the Ernakulam-Guruvayur KSRTC buses should end their trips at the mobility Hub.