patna the state transport department has prepared a detailed project report drp to procure 40 more buses which will start plying on various city routes by april 2019transport secretary sanjay kumar agarwal on monday said the number of passengers travelling by city buses has increased manifold we are planning to purchase and even hire buses from government eprocurement portal a website of the central government a dpr for the same has been prepared and the vehicles will be purchased on privatepublic partnership modelast time we purchased buses through the bihar urban infrastructure development corporation limited budcl despite 65 reservation in 36seater city buses for women most of the time they do not get place to sit the rush on routes like phulwarisharif patna city patna university and bihta is so heavy that many passengers keep standing hence there in an urgent need to introduce more buses said the transport secretaryaccording to agarwal altogether 110 city buses are plying on 10 routes including danapur route no 111 danapur junction route no 111 a phulwarisharif and aiims patna route no 222 patna university route no 333 hajipur railway station route no 444 kurji mor route no 500 patna sahib and patna city route no 555 handi saheb gurdwara route no 666 indian institute of technologypatna bihta route no 888 esi hospital bihta route no 888a and manersharif route no 999agamkuan resident gunjan singh said the state transport department should increase the number of buses immediately or else people will have to stand on bus door or sit on the rooftops