JammuNew AC buses to cruise across state in 2 months

New AC buses to cruise across state in 2 months

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JUNE 9, SRINAGAR- Minister of State for Transport, Sunil Sharma, today said that the State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) is going to introduce a new fleet of AC buses within two months under Private-Public Partnership mode which will offer world-class transport facility to people at affordable rates.

Winding up the discussion on demand of Grants for Transport Department, Sharma said, “I assure this House that with the same set of people and same infrastructure, the Corporation which has run into losses for decades will see no losses during the financial year 2016-17. Under PPP mode, we have signed an MoU under which a fleet of top class AC buses will be introduced on different routes within two months.”

“The new buses will run on all the important routes in the State including Baramulla to Srinagar, Anantnag to Srinagar, Kupwara to Srinagar, to Srinagar, Poonch to Srinagar, Doda to Jammu, Poonch to Doda, besides other vital roads between various districts of the state,” he said.

The Transport Minister said the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in Jammu and face peculiar problems due to stiff competition from private players, “Most of the PSUs in J&K don't run in profits. Although there is a huge potential in the State, these PSUs need Government support. JKSRTC is meant for the welfare of people of Jammu and Kashmir and it is the obligation of the Government to provide quality services to people,” said Sharma.

 

He said that the PDP-BJP coalition Government is focusing on bringing transparency in licensing authority by introducing a new policy under which Smart Cards fitted with electronic chips will be provided instead of licenses to check the menace of fake licenses.

The Transport Minister said that two specialized institutes for driving and training of drivers of commercial vehicles are coming up in Jammu and Kashmir and a proposal has been sent to the Government of for setting up Inspection Certification Centres in the state to check excessive pollution-emitting vehicles.

He said that the State Government is also going to introduce colour coding for different types of commercial vehicles which will be fitted with Speed Governors and GPS systems.  Sharma said that feasibility for Anantnag-Kishtwar bus service is being examined. He said that benefit of Sixth Pay Commission would be extended to JKSRTC employees on merit. He also said that necessary equipment would be provided to all the ARTO offices in 22 districts of J&K to film the trials conducted by the authority ahead of issuing licenses.

Later, the House passed the grants of Transport, for the year 2016-17, which were moved by the Minister, amounting to Rs 93.02 Crore with voice vote.

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