The ‘Online Bus Reservation Monitoring System (OBRMS)’, ‘CTU Musafir App’ and ‘CTU Conductor App’ of Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), Chandigarh Administration were launched by Dr Ajay Kumar Singla, IAS, Secretary Transport, UT Chandigarh on 27^th January 2020.

The OBRMS application and the Android based Apps, “CTU Musafir” and “CTU Conductor” have been developed by National Informatics Centre, Uttarakhand State Unit and customised for Chandigarh Transport Undertaking as per the requirements given. The efforts were applauded by Secretary Transport and acknowledged by presenting NIC Uttarakhand team with a memento.

Now, the bus tickets can be booked at web portal http://ctuonline.chd.gov.in and through “CTU Musafir Mobile App”, 10 days in advance and one hour before schedule date and time of departure. Travellers will also be able to track the bus, give their feedback and register grievance. The application is integrated with eMail and SMS Gateway for the convenience of users.

Mr Uma Shankar Gupta, PCS, Director Transport, Mr Vivek Verma, SIO NIC, Mr Amit Gupta, GM CTU, Mr Yashjit Gupta, GM CCBSS, Mr Rajesh Gupta, Regional Manager SBI and officers from CTU, NIC and SBI were present on the occasion.

Mr K Narayanan, SIO Uttarakhand played an instrumental role in providing support and guidance during customisation and testing of the project. For timely completion of the project, efforts of Mr Arun Sharma, Scientist-D, NIC Uttarakhand and his team were appreciated. Mr Nitin, Scientist-E and Mr Vijay Bahadur Gupt, Scientist-B were involved from NIC Chandigarh along with officials from CTU in rigorous testing of the application and the two Apps, and also in providing valuable inputs in improving the system.