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Though Punjab Roadways will continue to provide bus services for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jaipur, Uttarakhand and Shimla from Sector 17, buses for Punjab will leave only from ISBT, Sector 43.
All buses from Chandigarh towards Ludhiana, Kurali and Mullanpur have been shifted to ISBT 43. Also, all bus services from Chandigarh to Ropar and back between 8 pm to 5 am, and from Chandigarh to Sirhind via Landran, Chunni, Fatehgarh and back between 8 pm to 5 am have been shifted to ISBT-43.
Himachal Road Transport Corporation has shifted most of its services to ISBT-43. Only buses for Shimla, Delhi, Haridwar, Dehradun and Nahan will be available from Sector 17 now. HRTC officials said only buses coming from Shimla to Delhi and Chandigarh will stop at Sector 17. The others, they said, will directly go to ISBT-43. The night service from Delhi to Manali via Ropar will be available only from ISBT-43.
The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking pressed extra buses into service between the two ISBTs. Six CTU employees were deployed at ISBT-17 to guide commuters to the new ISBT. CTU has started bus services, Route no 24A, 24C, 11, 12A and 13, between ISBT-17 to ISBT-43 and Route no 24 and 24C between the ISBTs during the night.
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