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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Sarwate Inter State Bus Terminus
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| type                = [[Inter State Bus Terminals|ISBT]]
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| address             = Chhoti Gwaltoli, Near [[Indore Junction railway station|Indore Railway Station]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| country             = [[India]]
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| owned               = [[Indore Municipal Corporation]]
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| connections         = {{Unbulleted list| [[Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation|Rajasthan Roadways]] | [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation|Gujarat Roadways]] | [[Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation|Maharashtra Roadways]] | MP Roadways | Private Operators}}
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| opened              = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> {{Start date|1961|||df=y}}
| rebuilt             = 2022
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The ''' Sarwate Inter-state bus terminus''' popularly known as ''Sarwate Bus Stand'' or ''[[Inter State Bus Terminals|ISBT]]'', located in [[Indore]] is the oldest and one of the biggest [[Inter State Bus Terminals]] in Indore. It operates bus services between Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and 5 other states, [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Chhattisgarh]]. Spread over an area of about 1 acre, it handles over 1800 buses a day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MP CM Chouhan inaugurates Sarwate Bus Stand in Indore |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/cities/indore/story/mp-cm-chouhan-inaugurates-sarwate-bus-stand-in-indore-1927593-2022-03-21 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Sarwate Bus Stand was opened in 1961 <ref>https://www.justdial.com/Indore/Sarwate-Bus-Stand-Near-Railway-Station-Chhoti-Gwaltoli/0731P731STD10167_BZDET {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>

==Facilities==
The departure block, waiting area and food court are centrally air conditioned. Reverse Osmosis plants have been installed to supply clean drinking water to the passengers. high speed, secured Wi-Fi zone allows passengers to remain connected. To keep the building environment friendly a sewage treatment plant has been installed with the capacity of 1000 cubic meter per day. The sewage water is treated and recycled to be used in the air-conditioning plant and for the purpose of horticulture and flushing of toilets. A new parking management system has also been developed which is capable of storing data of buses entering and exiting the premises. high resolution CCTV cameras have also been installed for surveillance.

==Developments==
The redevelopment of the bus stand was completed in the first quarter of 2022,<ref>{{cite news |title=Indore: Sarwate bus stand to begin soon |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-sarwate-bus-stand-to-begin-soon |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=The Free Press Journal |date=7 March 2022 |location=Indore, MP |language=English}}</ref> and inaugurated by CM [[Shivraj Singh Chauhan]] on 22nd March 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chouhan virtually inaugurates new Sarwate Bus Stand |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-editions/chouhan-virtually-inaugurates-new-sarwate-bus-stand.html |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=The Pioneer |date=22 Mar 2022 |location=Indore, MP |language=English}}</ref>

== References ==
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==See also==
* [[Inter-State Bus Terminus, Indore]]
* [[Gangwal Bus Stand]]
* [[Navlakha Bus Stand]]
* [http://www.indore.nic.in/ City portal] at Govt. of India info. website
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Indore}}
* {{curlie|Regional/Asia/India/Madhya_Pradesh/Localities/Indore/}}

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[[Category:Bus stations in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1961]]