Noida, May 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a new policy to regulate bus parking and set up designated bus stands across the state, an official letter said on Wednesday. The initiative, under the Stage Carriage Bus Stand, Contract Carriage and All India Tourist Bus Park (Establishment and Regulation) Policy, 2025, is designed to streamline urban transport-particularly in high-density areas like Noida, where over 5,000 buses, including nearly 1,900 school buses, currently operate without proper parking facilities. Currently, only the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has formal bus stations in Noida and Greater Noida. In contrast, private buses, including stage carriage and contract carriage services, lack access to dedicated stands, resulting in haphazard roadside parking in busy areas such as Sector 37, Sector 62, Botanical Garden, and Pari Chowk. To encourage private investment in bus parking infrastructure, the policy's eligibility criteria requires the applicants must own a minimum two acre land with at least seven metres of road access and possess two-year experience managing similar facilities. "Approved layouts must reserve 70% of the area as open space and 30% for covered structures, and must include essential amenities such as waiting rooms, toilets, drinking water, food canteens, CCTV systems, public announcement systems, and information counters," the letter added. ARTO (Noida) Siyaram Verma said that "a parking fee will be charged at the facilities will be paid and soon a meeting will be held under the chairmanship of the district magistrate to discuss the matter "....