Haryana Roadways to launch app, recruit 700 conductors

Haryana Roadways will launch a passenger mobile app within a month, transport minister Anil Vij announced on Tuesday after chairing a department review meeting. The app will be available on Android and iOS in Hindi, English and Punjabi, allowing passengers to track buses live via GPS, check fares and expected arrival times, and access stoppage and scheme information through digital QR codes or cards.

Vij ordered GPS installation in all Haryana Roadways buses and digital display boards at every bus stand showing timings and destinations. Control centres will record arrival and departure details and enforce automated accountability if a bus misses its designated stand. The department will also recruit 700 conductors against vacancies created after promotions, and is manufacturing 125 ordinary bus bodies through Haryana Roadways Engineering Corporation.

Under the state's green mobility push, 500 electric buses will be procured. Vij directed officials to crack down on unauthorised food vendors and explore setting up a transport corporation on the lines of IRCTC to ensure hygienic food at fixed prices. "Anil Vij will not allow people to be sold poison in the name of food and beverages," he said.