Jitendra Kukde: The NMC will soon deploy all the Aapli Buses
A senior officer of the transport department of the civic body clearly said, "The ticket revenue of NMC has also increased by about Rs 1.5 lakh daily.
Nagpur: The number of all the passengers availing the service of Aapli bus continues to grow very fast. Let us tell that earlier, people traveling up to about 40,000 in 200 Aapli buses plying on about 80 routes, including 90 red Aapli buses, have now crossed the tight figure of about 80,000.
A senior officer of the transport department of the civic body clearly said, “The ticket revenue of NMC has also increased by about Rs 1.5 lakh daily.” According to the data, about 290 buses are making more than 3,270 trips on different routes. and about 290 buses are collectively covering a distance of about 56,000 km daily.The NMC is generating daily ticket total revenue is between the Rs 11 lakh to Rs 12 lakh as the against of Rs 7 lakh to Rs 9.5 lakh per day till mid August.
The official also said that before the arrival of covid-19, NMC used to manage 360 buses with more than 1.5 lakh passengers using the service, The daily revenue was around Rs 17 to 20 lakh. And apart from this, the official also said that due to the epidemic of covid-19, due to the closure of educational institutions, this recovery has been greatly affected.
However, routes like Sitabuldi to Khaparkheda and Butibori to Hingna are getting very good response because Khapri Depot tops the revenue chart at number one. And in this depot, where the revenue of a bus is about 22 rupees per kilometer, and electric buses are earning very less per kilometer. Six women-only electric buses have not left much of their mark so far. And in the data found, it has been told that the earning per kilometer of all these buses is only and only up to 7.79 kilometers.
Jitendra Kukde Gived Statement
The chairman of the transport committee, whose name is Jitendra Kukde. Jitendra Kukde gave this statement that very soon NMC will deploy all AAPli buses. Most of the buses will do a good job of helping the NMC to avoid overcrowding on many routes.
Jitendra Kukde also pointed out and said that “increasing the frequency of buses due to peak hours can reduce the density,” and added, “NMC should accept an alternative approach by increasing the duration of the ticket so that all passengers are less. to wait for less crowded vehicles.”
Commuters Month
Jan ’20 – 53,13,191
Feb ’20 – 52,68,490
Mar ’20 – 31,51,817
Sept ’20 – 1,758
Oct ’20 – 26,715
Nov ’20 – 6,20,759
Dec ’20 – 11,67,331
Jan ’21 – 15,55,516
Feb ’21 – 17,30,144
Mar ’21 – 95,78,688
Apr ’21 – 4,17,994
May ’21 – 2,95,991
Jun ’21 – 9,17,434
Jul ’21 – 12,94,955
