On record
Built with airport-like infrastructure (AC waiting areas, food court, LED displays) to serve as Indore's central ISBT ahead of Simhastha 2028. In September 2025 authorities forcibly shut the older Navlakha and Teen Imli bus stands and redirected all routes here, but as of March 2026 the terminal remains largely deserted because it is too far from the city, raises operator fuel costs, and breaks previously viable routes. Buses and passengers continue to use informal roadside pickup points in the city instead.
The official record states: "No formal remediation plan for the terminal's operational failure has been publicly announced by the state government; operators cite distance, cost, and route non-viability as reasons for avoiding it."
“Built like an airport, used like a car park, filled only when the old bus stands were shut by force.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“Air-conditioned lounges, LED boards and a food court, twelve kilometres from anyone who wanted a bus.”
“They shut Navlakha and Teen Imli by force to fill this place, and the buses still pick up passengers at the roadside instead.”
“Three hundred and seventy crore, built for Simhastha 2028, currently the quietest building in Indore.”
