The Manipur Transport Department will recommission the Inter-State Bus Terminus at Khuman Lampak, Imphal, from January 22 after nearly a decade of non-functioning.
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IMPHAL — After remaining largely non-functional for about a decade, the Manipur Transport Department is set to recommission the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Khuman Lampak, Imphal, with effect from January 22.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Director (Transport), Government of Manipur, said the department will re-commission the ISBT with bus services on selected routes from January 22, operating from the ISBT at Khuman Lampak.
“It is hereby notified for the information of the general public that the Transport Department, Government of Manipur will re-commission ISBT, Imphal with bus services on the following routes with effect from January 22, 2026, operating from the ISBT Khuman Lampak, Imphal, Manipur,” the release said.
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Passengers availing the services have been requested to board buses only from the ISBT at Khuman Lampak and ensure that tickets are booked exclusively through electronic ticketing machines, through the website https://manipurstatetransport.mn.gov.in or through the mobile application Starbus Manipur.
According to the department, bus services from Imphal for 12 destinations across nine districts will operate from the ISBT. The destinations include Tamenglong, Ukhrul, Kamjong, Wabagai, Sugnu, Yaingangpokpi, Chandel, Leishangthem, Moirang, Kakching and Yairpok.
The recommissioning follows an announcement made earlier this month by Additional Chief Secretary (Textiles, Commerce and Industries and Transport) Anurag Bajpai, who had said on January 10, while attending a programme on National Road Safety Month 2026, that the government was working to rededicate the ISBT within ten days.
The ISBT at Khuman Lampak was inaugurated in December 2011 by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and was constructed by the Public Works Department with financial assistance from the North Eastern Council. However, the terminus failed to function as intended and was declared functional only in November 2016, five years after its inauguration.
The complex was later left abandoned for nearly ten years and deteriorated rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, when all state-bound goods-laden trucks were required to report first at the ISBT for drivers and handymen to be tested for the virus. Even after the pandemic, no substantial steps were taken to restore the facility to an operational state.
Despite its construction and formal inauguration, the ISBT has so far been unable to serve its intended purpose as the state’s main bus terminus.