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A standing committee of Indian and Pakistani officials formed to supervise operations regarding Amritsar-Nankana Sahib and Amritsar-Lahore bus services would hold its maiden meeting in New Delhi next week, a senior official of the Communication Ministry told Daily Times.
“The date of the meeting is still not confirmed but it is likely to be held in the second week of February,” he said, adding that some issues, including the limited number of passengers and strict visa policy, were affecting the service.
The official said they were weighing two options, either to reduce the frequency of the bus service or amalgamate the routes of the two. “We will present these options in a meeting of the standing committee but there are more options as well to make the bus service commercially viable,” he said.
There were some other issues concerning the operators of the bus services that will be discussed at the meeting, he said. Following the improvement in relations between India and Pakistan, the neighbours had launched a regular bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikh founder Guru Nanak.
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