mumbai for the first time passengers travelling by any state transport bus whether ac or nonac need not carry a printout of their etickets all theyll have to do is show their eticket to the conductor on their cellphone ipad or laptop passengers will be required to carry a photoid proof to show to the conductorticket checker the public relations officer of the maharashtra state road transport corporation msrtc mukund dhus told toi earlier it was compulsory for those booking etickets to carry a printout but now we have changed the rules passengers can show their etickets to the conductor on their gadgets mobile ipad or laptop conductors have been provided a handheld electronic machine on which they can punch the eticket number and get details of the passenger and hisher route and destination said dhus we have also revised the rules for cancellation of etickets in the past one had to cancel a ticket 48 hours before the commencement of the journey but now you can cancel an eticket just four hours before the journey he said the decision to reduce the cancellation time was taken after the corporation received several complaints from passengers especially those travelling on ac buses to pune and bengaluru they wanted facility for cancelling tickets at the eleventh hour our senior officials had a discussion on this issue and decided to approve of cancellation four hours before journey this has already come into effect from this weekend he stated dhus added that the state transport body had revamped several buses and introduced new ac buses with the fares going up diesel price hike on several routes including the mumbaipune mumbainashik and mumbaibengaluru we have decided to provide the best facilities to passengers he said while the msrtc plans to introduce catering service on buses plying on the mumbaipune route there are plans to instal lcd screens on all ac buses and provide plush and comfortable seats the paperless tickets and new cancellation rules are our new year gift to our passengers we plan to expand the fleet in 2013 and provide good quality buses an official who did not wish to be named addedmsrtc new passenger friendly initiatives paperless tickets you can flash eticket from mobile or laptop computers cancellation of tickets can be done just four hours before commencement of journeys plan to introduce catering in buses in 2013 new plush and comfortable seats in all buses lcd screens in all ac buses for which tenders are being floated