Puri: In a good news for the devotees of Lord Jagannath, the Odisha Government will provide bus service from all district headquarters to Puri town soon, reports said.

As per information, the buses will ply between the district headquarters and Puri via Bhubaneswar under the LAccMI scheme of the government.

The decision has been taken to facilitate the transportation of the devotees across the state to Puri for darshan of the deities.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will launch the bus service before March of 2024, sources said.

The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) will buy as many as 122 buses for this purpose at an expenditure of 260.40 crore. The Transport Department of the State Government has initiated process in this regard, sources added.