The last three years have been pretty difficult for the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML). Various plans of the PMPML which were chalked out in order to improve the conditions of the city transport have remained on paper.
In one of the recent plans, the PMPML had planned to hire 200 buses from the private companies in Pune. This plan seems to have melted in thin air. The PMPML authorities had felt that the plan was excellent. Many private companies, organizations and educational institutes in the city own their own vehicles for the conveyance of their employees and students. These vehicles are used only for a certain period during the day.
The PMPML had prepared a plan to hire these private buses so that they could be utilized for public transport especially in the peak hours of the day. However, the plan could not be materialized as the rates quoted by the vehicle agencies were not affordable for the Mahamandal.
Mr. Satish Kulkarni, PMPML's Joint Managing Director was talking to the correspondents on Monday. He said, "The plan was feasible and practical; but the agencies offering to provide such private vehicles quoted very high rates which were not affordable for the PMPML."
The Mahamandal also wanted to redevelop bus terminals on build, operate and transfer basis. However the plan has remained pending for almost a year now. A number of procedural formalities have slowed down the process.
The transport body has asked the Pune Municipal Corporation as well as the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation to approve 2.5 FSI for the bus depots in order to provide additional facilities like parking spac [...]
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