Bhubaneswar: The urban development authority on Thursday came up with the final design and concept plan for the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Baramunda here.

The design has been prepared by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd (DIMTS) and submitted to the state government on Thursday. According to the project report, the state government will spend Rs 180 crore for the ISBT.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik himself has reviewed the design of the project and directed the officials to start working on it at the earliest.

"The ISBT at Baramunda will have state-of-the-art infrastructure with Wi-Fi, multi-level car parking, safety and security measures and quality passenger amenities, among others. We have finalised the concept plan and the tender for the project will now be floated to get the executor," said Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) vice-chairman Krishan Kumar.

The ISBT is expected to come up on 15 acres. A four-acre patch will be kept reserved for commercial development while the rest will be developed as a the transport hub with focus on intra-city, inter-city and inter-state bus services. The authorities have also decided to develop a separate city-bus terminal here.

"The terminal will have 9,839 square metres of built up area with a ground floor of 4,343 square metres and first three floors of 1,832 square metres in each. Some, 21,350 square metres of area will be reserved for commercial area which will have a total of five floors," said an official.

The contractor's selection and finalisation of the engineering drawing for the project would be over by March 2018 while the construction of the bus terminal is likely to start by June 2018 and the first phase conversion work will be completed by April 2019.

Once completed, the ISBT will have seamless Wi-Fi connectivity, fire detection and fighting system, area-wide real-time parking information system, passenger information system, announcement system, surveillance, drinking water kiosks, sewerage treatment plant and effluent treatment plant for bus wash, elevators and escalators.

At present, the bus terminal, which is considered the biggest in the state, is marred with a number of problems, including no proper space for passengers to wait, less place for bus parking and halting among others. Sanitation is a biggest issue at the bus terminal in absence of proper cleaning services and toilets.

However, the new terminal will ensure passenger pick-up and drop-off facilities for private, pre-paid private vehicles, pre-paid auto rickshaws, taxis, cycle rickshaws, and app cabs of companies such as Ola and Uber. The concept design of ISBT will represent the art and culture of the state and integrate Kalingan architectural elements in the buildings.

"Baramunda bus stand has tarnished the image of the city. The bus terminal suffers from poor maintenance. Even the condition of the approach roads is horrible. Poor sanitation and encroachment by vendors are some other big problems that people face there. The government should really change the scenario," said Shayam Sunder Mohanty, a passenger at the terminal.