Shimla: Himachal Path Parivahan Nigam has launched the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) to provide better facilities to the passengers. In this series, the corporation has also started making these cards in the main bus stand premises of Sirmaur district headquarters Nahan, for which a special counter has been set up here. Through this card, the person sitting in the bus can pay the fare by swiping or scanning the card easily.
In-Charge of Inter-State Bus Stand Nahan, Nasir Mohammad said that with this card, the passenger will be able to avail many facilities and the special thing about this card is that even without internet, the passenger will be able to pay the fare with this card because many times online fare payment is not possible due to internet problem.
He said that many times during the journey, the passengers do not have cash to pay the fare, so this will get rid of that problem. Also, through this card, the person will be able to shop in the market. He said that this card is being made at a fee of Rs 100 and the maximum amount that can be kept in this card is Rs 1000. At the same time, the cardholder will also be able to recharge this card from his mobile.
The special thing is that apart from HRTC buses, this card can also be used for traveling in the Delhi Metro, DTC, and Haryana Roadways.