With the Metro lines delayed, the MSRTC may pave the way for public transport in the Thane region. Only for Thane, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will get 150 new buses for its urban and rural areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) by the end of January to boost public transport, said Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik, who met with the bus operatives on Monday in Thane.

“The idea is to procure 2,640 new self-owned buses for the MSRTC in the year 2025. Of these, about 150 will be only for the Thane region by the end of January,” Sarnaik said on the sidelines of a ‘Road Safety Week’ function in Thane.