New Delhi, June 18 -- "These city buses have been parked on the roads for many days as there is no dedicated place to park them within the state capital," Pappu Pandey made a telling remark while pointing to the damaged buses parked at Naga Baba Khatal near Kachhari More in Jharkhand's capital.

The Ranchi general secretary of the All Drivers Welfare Association added that the traffic system in the city has collapsed.

Ranchi was among the top 20 cities selected in the first phase of the Centre's Smart City Mission in 2016. Nearly a decade later, the capital is facing a shortage of city buses.

"There are around 41 city buses operating in Ranchi at present," district transport officer Akhilesh Kumar told Down To Earth (DTE). However, not ...