Pandit Nehru Bus Terminal
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PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION, I I I I SUB TOPIC-INTRODUCTION I I I I I 1A AERIAL VIEW OF PNBS PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU NEWS PAPER • POPULATION OF VIJAYAWADA IS 2,104,000 ACCORDING TO METRO AREA POPULATION 2021. • NUMBER OF PASSENGERS USING PNBS DAILY ARE 1.5 LAKHS • VIJAYAWADA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONSTITUTES ABOUT 3.91% OF TOTAL URBAN POPULATION OF THE STATE. • VIJAYAWADA IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE TO WHICH 3 TOWN PANCHAYATS ARE ADDED IN 1981 AND 2 VILLAGE PANCHAYATS WERE ADDED IN THE YEAR 1985. • DURING SOME OCCATIONAL DAYS LIKE SANKRANTI THE AP STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION IS RUNNING 2000 SPECIAL BUSSES WHILE SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAYS RUNNING 50 EXTRA TRAINS FOR SAME TO TACKLE THE RUSH. • FOR THE INCREASING POPULATION THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF BUS TERMINAL INFRASTUCTURE. • AFTER LOCKDOWN REMOVAL OF PANDEMIC ON THE FIRST DAY, THE RTC OPERATED 127 BUSES IN THE VIJAYAWADA REGION WITH REDUCED OCCUPANCY CAPACITY DUE TO THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN PLACE IN VIEW OF A PANDEMIC CHARACTERISTICS: • CLOSE TO CITY BUS STAND AND RAIL WAY STATION • INDIA’S BIGGEST AND ASIA’S SECOND LARGEST BUS TERMINAL. ALSO THE BUSIEST BUS TERMINAL OF INDIA, FOLLOWED BY STATIONS IN DELHI, CHENNAI AND HYDERABAD • THIS STATION IS SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF 28 ACRES OF LAND AND THERE ARE 62 PLATFORMS WITH TWO TERMINALS. • EVEN, THERE ARE FOOD SERVICES LOCATED IN THE STATION AND THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR CAR, TWO-WHEELER AND OF COURSE FOR PARKING BUSES. • EVEN, FOR PASSENGERS, WHO HAVE RESERVED FOR AC BUSES, THERE IS AN AIR- CONDITIONED WAITING HALL. • MANY BUSES FROM DIFFERENT STATES LIKE TELANGANA, TAMIL NADU, KARNATAKA, ORISSA AND CHHATTISGARH REACH THIS STATION ON A DAILY BASIS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandit_Nehru_bus_station DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: TABULAR FORM SHOWING THE INCREASE OF POPULATION FROM 2011-2021 SOURCES https://www.apsrtc.ap.gov.in/coverage.php https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/aug/20/andhra-pradeshs- largest-bus-station-not-disabled-friendly-2021390.html PALLEVELUGU EXPRESS ULTRA DELUXE DELUXE SUPER LUXURY GARUDA GARUDA PLUS AMARAVATHI METRO LUXURY METRO EXPRESS • APSRTC VIJAYAWADA PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING SCHEMES FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE TRAVELL EASY AND COMFORT. BUS PASS FOR STUDENTS BUS PASS FOR PHISICALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE BUS PASS FOR NGO’S. BUS FOR YOUTH ATTENDING INTERVIEWS. • DEVELOPMENT OF SURROUNDING BUILDING AND ROADS • DEVELOPMENT OF INNER LANES • DEVELOPMENT OF BUILT UP AREA AND VEGETATION IN THE SITE • DEVELOPMENT OF AMINITIES AND GOOD FEEDER INFRASTUCTURE. • APSRTC HAS ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF THE VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION. • ACCORDINGL TO APSRTC ADDITIONALLY 20 PLATFORMS ARE PLANNED TO BE CONSTRUCTED. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TOOK PLACE IN PNBS WITH TIME, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: ARIEL VIEW SKETCH OF PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION VIJAYAWADA INTRODUCTION • THE VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION IS CALLED AS THE PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION,SHORTLY CALLED AS PNBS. • THIS STATION IS SITUATED SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE MAIN CITY AND IS ALSO LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE KRISHNA RIVER. • THIS IS A STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION OWNED BUS STATION AND IT WAS INAUGURATED ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER 1990. • IT IS LOCATED IN KRISHNALANKHA,VIJAYAWADA,ANDHRA PRADESH ADJACENT TO NH-65. • PANDITH NEHRU BUS STATION(PNBS) WAS INAUGURATED BY NANDAMURI TARAKA RAMA RAO GARU IN 1986 AND COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN 1990. • IT IS ALSO NAMED AS TELUGU SATAVAHANA PRAYANA PRANGANAM. • THIS STATION ACTS AS THE BEST ROAD TRANSPORT CONNECTOR WITH EACH AND EVERY TOWN AND CITY IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH • THIS STATION IS SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF 28 ACRES OF LAND AND THERE ARE 62 PLATFORMS WITH TWO TERMINALS. HISTORY CHRONOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF SITE TERMINAL SIZE OF VIJAYAWADA • VIJAYAWADA BUS TERMINAL SIZE IS LARGE WITH TWO TYPE OF SEGREGATED PLATFORMS BLOCKS. • THE TWO TYPES OF PLATFORM BLOCKS ARE: 1. ARRIVAL BLOCK 2. DEPARTURE BLOCK • ARRIVAL BLOCK CONSIST OF 14 PLATFORMS • DEPARTURE BLOCK CONSIST OF 48 PLATFORM DAILY BUS FLOW IN PNBS IS 2992 MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PNBS (KRISHNA DIST.) PETROGLYPHS AT PNBS BUS SERVICES FROM VIJAYAWADA TERMINAL 1985 2010 2014 2021 FIGURE SHOWING THE ARRIVAL BLOCK AT PNBS INITIAL TIME USED BUS DEPARTURE BLOCK AT PNBS IDEAL BUS PARKING AT PNBS NEWS PAPER ARTICLE ABOUT APSRTC WON AWARDS FOR MAKIN LESS TRAFFIC IN VIJAYAWDA BUS TERMINAL A NEWS PAPER ARTICLE FROM THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS SHOWING THE PASSENGERS RUSH AT PNBS. A NEWS PAPER ARTICLE FROM THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS SHOWING LESS PEOPLE UTILISING BUS TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE PANDEMIC SITUATION. N.KEERTHI 18C11C4023 INFERENCE- THE BUS BAYS WHICH ARE PROVIDED IN DESIGN SHOULD ACCOMMODATE ALL THE FOLLOWING BUS SERVICES KEY WORDS PETROGLYPHS- A PETROGLYPH IS AN IMAGE CREATED BY REMOVING PART OF A ROCK SURFACE BY INCISING, PICKING, CARVING, OR ABRADING, AS A FORM OF ROCK ART. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE- DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS IS THE STUDY OF A POPULATION BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, RACE, AND SEX. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REFERS TO SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION EXPRESSED STATISTICALLY INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, INCOME, MARRIAGE RATES, BIRTH AND DEATH RATES, AND MORE.
- 2. PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION, I I I I SUB TOPIC-INTRODUCTION I I I I I 1B AERIAL VIEW OF PNBS PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU NEWS PAPER MAJOR CONNECTIVITY AND LINKAGES: VIJAYAWADA IS A MAJOR TRANSIT POINT AND AN IMPORTANT LINK CONNECTING TWO INDUSTRIAL ZONES –HYDERABAD AND VISHAKAPATNAM. AIRPORT BUS TERMINAL RAILWAY STATION MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF BUS TERMINAL,RAILWAY STATION,AIRPORT AND THE ACCESSIBILITY 1.2 KM 21 KM VIJAYAWADA BOUNDARY ACCESSIBILITY: MINOR ARTERIAL ROAD OF WIDTH 19M COLLECTOR STREET OF WIDTH 9M LOCAL STREET OF WIDTH 3M ALLEY ROAD OF WIDTH 2M MAP SHOWING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROAD CONNECTIONS FROM BUS TERMINAL MAP SHOWING THE ROAD CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE SITE LOCATION MAP: 16°30′32″N 80°36′56″E MAPS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF BUS TERMINAL IN INDIA AND VIJAYAWADA INDIA MAP VIJAYAWADA CITY BUS TERMINAL SITE SURROUNDING CONTEXT RAILWAY STATION - 800m NRS GOVERENMENT COLLEGE - 700m COMMERCIAL COMPLEX - 3Km GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL - 500m WATER BODY - 120m KANAKA DURGAMA TEMPLE - 1.1Km KRISHNALANKA POLICE STATION - 230m LANDMARKS: LANDMARKS NEAR PNBS ARE RAJIVE GANDHI PARK AND POLICE CONTROL ROOM TOURIST PROFILE: PRAKASM BARRIAGE KONDAPALLI QUILLA KANAKA DURGA TEMPLE HAZARAT BAL MOSQUE BHAVANI ISLAND UNDAVALLI CAVES GUNADALA MATHA SHRINE GANDHI HILL RAJIV GANDHI PARK PNBS VIJAYAWADA 4.1 KM FROM PNBS 6.9 KM FROM PNBS 2.3 KM FROM PNBS 4.9 KM FROM PNBS 6.3 KM FROM PNBS 1.8KM FROM PNBS 2.9KM FROM PNBS 19.7KM FROM PNBS 3.8KM FROM PNBS SOURCES https://www.fabhotels.com/blog/places-to-visit-in-vijayawada/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_Transport_map_of_Vijayawada_city.jpg MAPS FROM GOOGLE EARTH PRO N.KEERTHI 18C11C4023
- 3. PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION, I I I I SUB TOPIC-EXISTING SITE INFRASTRUCTURE I I I I I 3A EXISTING SITE INFRASTRUCTURE: THE EXISTING BUS TERMINAL CONSIST OF: • BUS STATION AREA -15.75AC • CITY BUS PORT AREA -3.05AC • BUS DEPOT AREA -4.63AC • PARKING AREA -3.67AC ISBT CBT BUS DEPOT ISBT CONSIST OF TWO BLOCKS • DEPARTURE BLOCK-7666 SQM • ARRIVAL BLOCK-8224SQM VIEW OF ARRIVAL BLOCK VIEW OF DEPARTURE BLOCK BUS DEPOT THE VIEW OF CITY BUS TERMINAL • THE FIGURES SHOWING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF SITE WITH 250 M SURROUNDING CONTEXT. • THE YELLOW COLOUR LINE IN THE FIGURE INDICATES THE SECTION LINE. • THE TOTAL SITE LAID ON THE UPPER LEVEL AND THE LAND BESIDES THE SITE IS LAID AT LOWER LEVEL. • WATER BODIES ARE SITUATED BOTH SIDES OF THE SITE. • THE HIGHEST REGION IS OF 25 M CAN BE SEEN AT 228M FROM SOUTH SIDE OF SITE. • AT THE HEIGHEST REGION (OPEN BUS PARKING) IS LOCATED IN PRESENT EXISTING SITE. • THE FIGURES SHOWING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF SITE WITH 250 M SURROUNDING CONTEXT. • THE YELLOW COLOUR LINE IN THE FIGURE INDICATES THE SECTION LINE. • THE HIGHST LEVEL CAN BE SEEN AT THE ROAD REGION AND THE SITE AT LOWER LEVEL. • RAIL WAY TRACK CAN BE SEEN LEFT SIDE OF THE SITE THAT IS ALSO AT THE SITE LEVEL TOPOGRAPHY. ROAD NETWORK AND NODES NODE DRIVE WAYS PIE CHART SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF SPACE OCCUPIED FOR THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS IN PNBS. UTILIZED AREA PERCENTAGE EXISTING SITE PLAN SITE CONTEXT WITH IN 250 M RADIUS FOOTFALL ANALYSIS OF A WEEK AT PNBS (23-4-2021 TO 30-4-2021) INFERENCE THE BUS TERMINAL FOOT FALL DATA SHOWING THE PEAK TIME AT EVENING TIMES AND THE DATA IS COLLECTED FROM PRESENT SCENARIO N N 25M N.KEERTHI 18C11C4023 SOURCE POPULAR TIMES GOOGLE EARTH PRO
- 4. PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION, I I I I SUB TOPIC-EXISTING SITE INFRASTRUCTURE I I I I I 3B DEPO IDLE BUS PARKING OFFICERS PARKING ON STREET PARKING SHARED PARKING AT GRADE PARKING LEGEND BUS DEPO ENTRANCE OF DEPO TERMINAL POLICE BUS PARKING FIRE ENGINE OIL FILLING STATION BIKE PARKING CAR PARKING AUTO STAND TAXI STAND ON STREET PARKING SHARED PARKING BIKE PARKING SECURITY CYCLE STAND OFFICER’S PARKING SHARED BIKE PARKING IDLE PARKING OFFICER’S PARKING ON STREET PARKING SHARED BIKE PARKING SITE PLAN OF PNBS AT GRADE PARKING • BUS DEPO ACCOMODATES TERMINAL POLICE OFFICE,BUS PARKING,OIL FILLING STATION,FIRE ENGINE,PARKING FOR TERMINAL STAFF. • NO EFFECT TO CIRCULATION. • GOOD ILLUMINATION NO SERVICE ROAD WAS PROVIDED SO THERE IS EFFECT FOR CIRCULATION THERE IS DIRECT APPROACH TO RTC BLOCK FROM SERVICE ROAD • NO BARRIER GATES WERE PROVIDED AT ENTRANCE • DUE TO LESS AREA ALLOTTED FOR BIKE PARKING CIRCULATION WAS EFFECTED. BARRIER GATES WAS PROVIDED AT SHARED BIKE PARKING SEPARATE PARKING LOT WAS PROVIDED FOR EVERY RESPECTIVE OFFICER N.KEERTHI 18C11C4023