| The bus depot, built at a cost of Rs 61 crores, has parking space for around 1,000 low-floor buses besides facilities including five workshop-cum scanning centres, a logistic centre and two CNG filling stations. The depot has been built to park the buses to be used during the Commonwealth Games. It has a baggage checking centre where sophisticated equipment will scan the luggage. "It is a wonderful peace of infrastructure which will help properly maintain our low floor bus fleet," said Ms Dikshit. Transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said commissioning of the "biggest-ever public transport bus depot" will help in providing better transportation. "It is the biggest ever bus depot in the world. Earlier, Israel had the distinction of having the biggest bus depot," he said. Speaking after the inauguration of the swanky bus depot, Lovely said that nearly 42 sites have been identified to provide direct bus service to Games venues for the convenience of sports lovers. A fleet of around 6,000 government-run buses, including 1,500 exclusively for players, delegates and media personnel, will be rolled out ahead of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in the capital. The Indraprastha depot has a control room which will monitor movement of buses, fitted with GPS system, during the Commonwealth Games and ensure proper movement of the fleet. It has been made in the shortest possible time. "The construction was difficult as the bearing capacity of soil was too poor to hold the structure, including the boundary wall," an official said. Mr Lovely said that designer uniforms are being provided to all DTC conductors and drivers. The city also became the first city in the country to introduce environment-friendly low-floor CNG-electric hybrid buses having almost zero pollution level. | 
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