Bihar State Road Transport Corporation or BSRTC is a state-owned road transportation company in Bihar with compared to other Indian states it is facing financial crisis in term of government funding, which degrade its process of expanding basic infrastructural assets both HR and number of buses in BSRTC, as par to 3 tier cities public transportation system. BSRTC was set up in 1959 under the provisions of Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. It is wholly owned by the

Government of Bihar Bihar Government is the State governments of India, state government of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Bihar and its nine Divisions of Bihar, divisions which consist of Districts of Bihar, districts. It consists of an execut ...

. In year 2020 Chief Minister of Bihar inaugurated Pataliputra Bus Terminal commonly known as ISBT,

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

. It is the first ISBT of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

History

Prior to May 1959, road transport services in

were managed by Rajya Transport, which was set up in the year 1953 with the nationalisation of some routes in the state. Rajya Transport and Communication,

and was departmentally administered till it was transferred in May 1959 to Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC), a statutory corporation created under the provisions of the State Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. Total capital invested in BSRTC till March 1983 was 53.9 crores out of which 24.77 crores was the share capital of the state government and 465 crores loans from the same source, while 24.48 crores was contributed from other sources in the shape of shares and loans. Investment in BSRTC was second largest investment made by the

Bihar Government The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional ...

, after Bihar State Electricity Board. BSRTC Mercedes buses

Currently the Administrator of Bihar State Road Transport Corporation is Shrimati Basu Priya, IAS.

Parivahan Parisar

Parivahan Parisar, located behind phulwarisharif jail has offices of Bihar State Road Transport Corporation Limited and district transport office. All the city (Patna) and intercity buses run by the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation start from this 24 acres Parivahan Parisar. This transport complex was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in May 2023.

Patna City Bus Service

This service is started on 3 May 2018 by BSRTC that was inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar from Gyan Bhawan,

Gandhi Maidan Gandhi Maidan is a historic ground in Patna, near the banks of the Ganges River, in Bihar, India. The Golghar falls to its west. During the period of 1824–1833, under British rule, it was used as a golf course and horse racing track and was ...

at two routes i.e. Gandhi Maidan to

Danapur Danapur Nizamat or Danapur is an Indian satellite town and one of six subdivisions (tehsil) in the Patna district of Bihar state.Danapur Railway Station (111A). Later on, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation had started city bus service on various routes of Patna and nearby. Almost 50 thousands passenger travels through city bus services across all routes. But as per the demands of the daily passengers it needs to bring new buses on all routes to enhance the quality and safety of the passengers.

Inter State Bus Service

BSRTC recently started the service of luxury Volvo buses from Patna and Kishanganj to Ghaziabad (Delhi NCR)

References

External links

Official website of Bihar Transport DepartmentBihar Transport Department on Parivahan Sarathi Portal
State agencies of Bihar Transport in Bihar Bus companies of India State road transport corporations of India Companies based in Patna Companies based in Bihar Indian companies established in 1953 1953 establishments in Bihar Government agencies established in 1953 Transport companies established in 1953 {{India-company-stub