Chandigarh, May 8 -- Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Thursday flagged off 40 new interstate buses for the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), calling for a broader push to connect the city with district headquarters across Punjab and Haryana.

Fresh services have been introduced on the Chandigarh-Amritsar route, while multiple trips on the high-demand Chandigarh-Delhi corridor have been resumed and scheduled throughout the day and early morning hours. New and restored connectivity also includes routes to Kotdwar, Rishikesh, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Rohtak, Jaipur, Joginder Nagar, Palwal, Patti, Safidon, Dinanagar, Haridwar, Talwandi Sabo and Sonipat.

The addition, officials said, takes CTU's total fleet strengt...