Mumbai: More than one passenger lakh has registered for the best ‘Chalo’ application that has just been launched in just a week and increased e-digital tickets, instead of paper tickets, will save businesses up to RS 2 Crore every year, General Manager Lokesh said Chandra on Tuesday.
“In a new system, no need to print tickets after buying it online in our application through NetBanking or cellphone wallet.
Passengers can only show e-tickets on the phone and get it validated by the conductor.
It will save the cost of paper rolls used for tickets.
This is this is Environmentally friendly initiative, “Chandra said.
Nearly 1,200 passengers have ordered digital cards in the past week and the average sales of digital tickets every day is 1,000, officials said, adding that the number will swell next year.
Best on Tuesday provides PIN options, along with QR Code, for e-tickets so the conductor can validate them by scanning with a handheld machine or punching PIN.
Chandra said the unique feature in the application was a bus color coding.
“You can get an estimate of any bus arrival time at each bus stop, and each bus has a color code.
Green shows the available bus, Amber means only the available standing facilities and red means the bus is full,” he added.