Chandigarh: President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will gift Haryana an e-ticketing system for the Haryana Roadways on November 29, 2022. With the vision of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, Haryana will become the first state in the country to implement an open loop ticketing system in the roadways. The new e-ticketing system will not only benefit the passengers but would help the Haryana Roadways as well.
President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate this project in Kurukshetra. While giving more information in this regard, an official spokesman said that the Chief Minister had decided to replace the existing manual printed ticket system with open loop ticketing system in the state transport. Under this, the National Common Mobility Card will be implemented in place of a paper pass and printed ticket system.
In this, 10 lakh National Common Mobility Cards will be issued to free or concessional bus passengers and other passengers. In the initial phase, this ticketing project will be implemented in 6 roadways depots Chandigarh, Karnal, Faridabad, Sonipat, Bhiwani and Sirsa. Similarly, the project will be completely implemented by the end of January 2023 in the remaining 18 depots of Haryana Roadways.
National Common Mobility Card will be useful for traveling across India
The spokesperson said that the National Common Mobility Card will be used separately for travel across India. Other states are also working in the direction of National Common Mobility Card, but Haryana is ahead of all to implement this visionary plan. This card will be used in future for traveling in metro, bus, train etc. This card will be used for almost all the transport options. In order to fulfil the One Nation, One Card vision of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi. Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, has given this idea a concrete shape.
Haryana Roadways will also benefit from the new system
Spokesperson further stated that Haryana Roadways will also benefit from the new ticketing system. This will completely stop revenue leakage. Through this concrete system passengers getting exemption in Haryana Roadways would be easily identified.
Apart from this, those travelling on fake passes can also be curbed. This will also save the use of paper for generating tickets and passes etc. With digital data, buses can be easily operated on the routes where there are more passengers. There will be a card-based payment model, through which payment can be made offline and also through credit, debit and prepaid cards.