Chandigarh Transport Undertaking
| Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport, India | |
| Industry | Public Transport |
| Founded | 1 Nov 1966 |
| Headquarters | Chandigarh, India |
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Area served
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Chandigarh and neighboring states |
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Key people
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Smt. Bhawna Garg, IAS, Secretary Transport Sh. T.P.S Phoolka, PCS, Director Transport |
| Products | Bus transport, Services |
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Number of employees
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2096 (as of 2011) |
| Website | chdctu |
Chandigarh Transport Undertaking ( CTU) is the public transport unit of the Chandigarh administration in India. It is managed by the Home Secretary, who acts as transport secretory and director. It operates a mixed fleet of AC, non AC, mini, midi and Corona low floor buses. Almost all the buses have digital display and the routes, time of arrival and stops of the buses can be found in the CTU Bus Guide app for Android phones.
Chandigarh Transport Undertaking came into existence on 01.11.1966 with a fleet of 30 buses, as a result of trifurcation of Punjab Roadways at the time of re-organisation of Punjab State.
As of 2017, CTU has 539 buses, out of which 413 buses serve the Chandigarh region. The remaining 126 run on interstate routes covering Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. CTU has 117 semi low floor passenger-friendly buses of Bharat-II Euro norms.
CTU have lowest staff ratio per bus compared to other nus transport throughout India. They have applications related to bus ticketing accounts system, GPF maintenance, salaries, allowances etc. In Chandigarh, CTU buses follows a grid transport system to reduce traveling time.
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