Thanks for putting in this good set of questions. Regarding A2 and A3 (buses on regular schedules and buses for special contracts et.c), I think there is lot of sharing of buses.So I think instead of count of buses, it will be useful to know the total of distance operated (KM) and total of  time alloted (in a day) for regular schedules as well of special contracts etc.

For example, a bus may run for 10 hours per day out of which 4 hours are used for a special contract which required it to run for 40 KM. For remaining 6 hours, the bus may run for 200 KM on regular service. As contracts are charged exlicitly based on KM, I think there should be data on this with BMTC.

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Manjari-ji

Good effort -needs to be followed up ..

1) Revenue leakage: Once in a while we read about an analysed report about how revenue earnings leakage has been plugged by introducing technology and line checking staff etc.  But we also read in newspapers about commuters complaining about conductors' collecting the fare but not issuing tickets.

2) Disposal of old vehicles - norms - procedure adopted - revenue realised - whether proper procedures adopted - junk yard - removal of good engines and usable parts from vehicles that have met with accident - recycling of used diesel - revenue effect.

May be, these are some other points that may come in handy -  information will throw some interesting facts. 

-Vasanthkumar Mysoremath

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These are not just some news paper reports, it is a reality. I tend exact change while buying mininum fare tickets 3/5 on Blue Line & Pushpak routes. 90% of the time the conductor returns 1/2 rupees without a ticket and a grin. Most of the time I insist on tickets in my own version of spoken kannada :P and they promptly take back the coin and issue tickets with a look of seeing an extra terrestrial species boarding the bus.

My observation is - people take the risk of ticketless travel if the bus is too crowded or they don't have exact change.

PS: Me too not a regular BMTC traveller now a days.

Ramesh

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Vasanthkumar Sir / Ramesh,

Thanks for the feedback. I am not very sure how we can get data on the revenue losses. But i read somewhere that the introduction of hand held ticketing devices has brought down the practice to a certain extent (it has curbed the reuse of tickets). At the most we ourselves should honest and demand tickets and can request BMTC to increase their ticket checking frequencies (by the way for the last one year since i have started using BMTC, not once have i come across a checking team).

You query regarding the procedures BMTC follows for disposal of vehicles will be included. If you have other queries, please add them here.

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Trips scheduled per route -running time cannot be a fixed variant due to traffic chaos - diesel consumption per day per bus - diesel loaded before departure from depot - diesel remaining in the tank when it gets back to depot after assigned trips - whether quantifiable and whether commensurate with the kilometers covered in view of trips missed or engines switched off due to traffic hold ups -whether next day before departure from the depot, diesel is pumped as scheduled or reduced by that much that is remaining in the tank?  

Similarly tyres used - treading facility exists in BMTC workshops - mileage per tyre, with improved road conditions in Bengaluru, wear and tare of tyres has undergone a sea change - what are the -norms fixed - actuals - purchases whether commensurate with mileage covered - new tyres - guarantee periods - has a study been conducted as to durability/quality etc., of different tyre suppliers

Line checking staff - do they really exist? what is the revenue realised due to fines - number of line buses checked - revenue realised - whether commensurate with the pay and allowances / overtime etc., paid to them - whether staff strength incredased due to increase in number of buses purchased - we hear that every year they are introducing thousands of buses - are they running - if so the line staff strength also must have been increased and revenue realisation increased - test check needed based on stats

how many corporations are serving city services in the State? - how many of them are making profits / losses, if so, figures - whether any study conducted as to why some are making losses - what are the parameters being adopted by the profit making units - whether those norms cannot be replicated for others - an indepth study may be necessary.

Inventory management - serviceable/unserviceable inventory - idle investment in procurements - whether study conducted - what is the normal stock management system - whether unserviceable old buses/inventory disposed - revenue realised?

Whether internal audit control mechanism exists - if so with what results - how many cases have been detected - what is the amount recovered / realised.

Government audit reports have been pending for long times on the audit of all the corporations - what are the amounts held under objection - whether revenues have been realised based on audit reports and whether disciplinary actions have been initiated and loss recouped?

...I think these are enough for the time being.

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath

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... we should include items 8, 9 & 10 from this post by PathyKV. Ask how many trips employees in 'decision making' capacity took on BMTC buses in the last two weeks. And if BMTC got any feedback from such trips.

We should also ask if BMTC would be willing to mandate such a periodic survey (complete with feedback) of their services by their own decision makers.

Ravi

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Need to ask how and where do BMTC dispose off their EWaste ( tube lights , all electric / electronic scrap items even dead - broken switches ). All veh have electronic circuitry which when discarded is EWaste,. Office  / Veh  dead tube lights are  EWaste. Do the sell it to scrap dealers / elec contractors? If so how much money is made / annum?

How do I frame such question ?

EWaste has to go through authorised Recyclers (says Polution Control Board ).

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