File photo of a DTC bus
New Delhi:
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has scaled down its services on 68 inter-state routes from April 2007 to March this year.
As per its Operational Statistics report, DTC should have plied buses on 80 inter-state routes in 2007-2008, but from April 2013 to March this year it operated on just 12 routes.
At present, DTC is operating buses on few inter-state routes like Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Bulandshar and Gurgaon.
"There were several buses plied on many inter-state routes four-five years ago and during this period, DTC buses used to touch several areas of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana," a DTC official said.
According to the report, in 2008-2009 the corporation used to ply its buses on 73 inter-state routes, but it brought down the numbers of these routes to 44 in 2009-2010.
The official said that the main reason to cut down these routes is that DTC does not have diesel-run buses now, which is considered suitable for long inter-state routes where the number of CNG stations is very less.
"When DTC had diesel-run buses, it would run buses up to even Jaipur, Ajmer and other areas. But after court's order, it had to stop their operation and replaced them with CNG-run buses," he added.
Apart from that DTC does not have sufficient buses to run on inter-state routes.
The report also said that it plied buses on 25 inter-state routes during 2010-2011, followed by 21 the next year and 23 inter-state routes in 2012-2013.
Apart from inter-state routes, DTC used to run buses on 787 city routes in 2007-08, but in last financial year, it ran buses on 579 such routes, cutting down 208 city routes during seven years.
As per its Operational Statistics report, DTC should have plied buses on 80 inter-state routes in 2007-2008, but from April 2013 to March this year it operated on just 12 routes.
At present, DTC is operating buses on few inter-state routes like Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Bulandshar and Gurgaon.
"There were several buses plied on many inter-state routes four-five years ago and during this period, DTC buses used to touch several areas of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana," a DTC official said.
According to the report, in 2008-2009 the corporation used to ply its buses on 73 inter-state routes, but it brought down the numbers of these routes to 44 in 2009-2010.
The official said that the main reason to cut down these routes is that DTC does not have diesel-run buses now, which is considered suitable for long inter-state routes where the number of CNG stations is very less.
"When DTC had diesel-run buses, it would run buses up to even Jaipur, Ajmer and other areas. But after court's order, it had to stop their operation and replaced them with CNG-run buses," he added.
Apart from that DTC does not have sufficient buses to run on inter-state routes.
The report also said that it plied buses on 25 inter-state routes during 2010-2011, followed by 21 the next year and 23 inter-state routes in 2012-2013.
Apart from inter-state routes, DTC used to run buses on 787 city routes in 2007-08, but in last financial year, it ran buses on 579 such routes, cutting down 208 city routes during seven years.
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