20 Years Since Supreme Court Order, Delhi Yet To Meet 10K Buses Target

20 Years Since Supreme Court Order, Delhi Yet To Meet 10K Buses Target

New Delhi: It was in July 1998 that the Supreme Court directed the Delhi government to augment its fleet of buses to 10,000 by April 2001, but over 20 years and six governments later, the total buses in the Delhi Trasport Corporation (DTC) cluster fleet stands at 5,576.

According to the government data, till March 2019, the total functional buses in Delhi were 5,576 — 3,897 DTC buses and 1,679 cluster buses. The orange buses are operated under the cluster scheme, which was introduced in 2011 to replace the erstwhile blue line buses. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), however, is aiming to roll out about 4,000 more buses to make the counted cross 9,500 by May 2020 — although its tenure is ending in February. Of the 4,000 new buses to be added, 1,000 will be standard floor cluster buses and 1,000 will be low floor cluster buses. Apart from clusters, 1,000 CNG low floor buses by DTC and 1,000 electric buses will also be added.

In its manifesto in 2015 Assembly polls, the AAP said it will expand the bus services in the city. The Kejriwal government has blamed non-availability of land for new depots and repeated failure of tenders issued by the DTC for procurement of buses. (IANS)

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