India, Feb. 27 -- The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday ordered the state government to dismantle Indore's 11.8km long Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) corridor built in 2013.

A bench of chief justice Suresh Kumar Kait and justice Vivek Jain ordered the removal of the BRTS corridor, observing that it was impractical in the present circumstances. An expert committee set up by the high court earlier had concluded that there was no need for a BRTS corridor in Indore.

The high court ruling comes months after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav announced in November 2024 that the government would scrap the BRTS corridor in Indore that was built at an estimated cost of Rs.350 crore. The Mohan Yadav government ...