Sarwate Bus Stand

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| address = Chhoti Gwaltoli, Near Indore Railway Station, Madhya Pradesh

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| owned = Indore Municipal Corporation

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| rebuilt = 2022

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The Sarwate Inter-state bus terminus popularly known as Sarwate Bus Stand or ISBT, located in Indore is the oldest and one of the biggest Inter State Bus Terminals in Indore. It operates bus services between Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and 5 other states, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Spread over an area of about 1 acre, it handles over 1800 buses a day.{{Cite web |title=MP CM Chouhan inaugurates Sarwate Bus Stand in Indore |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/cities/indore/story/mp-cm-chouhan-inaugurates-sarwate-bus-stand-in-indore-1927593-2022-03-21 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}

History

Sarwate Bus Stand was opened in 1961 {{Cite web | url=https://www.justdial.com/Indore/Sarwate-Bus-Stand-Near-Railway-Station-Chhoti-Gwaltoli/0731P731STD10167_BZDET | title=Sarwate Bus Stand | website=www.justdial.com}}

Facilities

The departure block, waiting area and food court are centrally air conditioned. Reverse Osmosis plants have been installed to supply clean drinking water to the passengers. high speed, secured Wi-Fi zone allows passengers to remain connected. To keep the building environment friendly a sewage treatment plant has been installed with the capacity of 1000 cubic meter per day. The sewage water is treated and recycled to be used in the air-conditioning plant and for the purpose of horticulture and flushing of toilets. A new parking management system has also been developed which is capable of storing data of buses entering and exiting the premises. high resolution CCTV cameras have also been installed for surveillance.

Developments

The redevelopment of the bus stand was completed in the first quarter of 2022,{{cite news |title=Indore: Sarwate bus stand to begin soon |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-sarwate-bus-stand-to-begin-soon |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=The Free Press Journal |date=7 March 2022 |location=Indore, MP |language=English}} and inaugurated by CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan on 22 March 2022.{{cite news |title=Chouhan virtually inaugurates new Sarwate Bus Stand |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-editions/chouhan-virtually-inaugurates-new-sarwate-bus-stand.html |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=The Pioneer |date=22 Mar 2022 |location=Indore, MP |language=English}}

Sarwate Bus Stand

History

Facilities

Developments

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See also