"Initiated by Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike"
Decision Maker: Sri Basavaraj Bommai
Public transport is an essential need. Access to affordable public transport is what enables people to live a decent and dignified life in the city.
The bus ecosystem in Bengaluru currently faces many hurdles:
Bengaluru has one of the highest bus-fares in the country making it unaffordable for large sections of people.
BMTC does not provide adequate connectivity and service to all parts of the city. People usually have to walk 2-3 kms or wait for long periods of time to get a bus.
BMTC has been operating with a fleet of 6000-6500 whereas it needs 15,600 buses to cater to its 1.3 Crore population. With its highly inadequate fleet, BMTC is unable to meet the travel demand in the city. The explosive growth of private vehicles has caused increased pollution, congestion, loss of greenery (trees cut down for flyovers and road widening), further worsening climate change.
Post the pandemic, BMTC has been operating under severe financial stress. It does not have enough staff to operate its full fleet which has led to further reduced services in many areas. Thus, while there is an urgent need for BMTC to hire more staff and expand its services, the government has also ordered a hiring freeze on BMTC due to the corporation's financial position.
Unaffordable fares, inadequate services and now the shortage of staff are all a result of a policy that BMTC should operate out of its own revenue and be financially self-sufficient.
BMTC immediately requires policy and financial support from the government.
Demands
Make travel free for women and transgender community, senior citizens and students, the most vulnerable communities in the city. Allocate the required funds to BMTC to implement this (approx. 1500 Crores). This allocation should be specifically for the free travel scheme and not for any other viability gap funding.
Urgently lift the hiring freeze on BMTC and allow the corporation to hire 1000 additional staff on its rolls. Allocate adequate gap funding to cover salary costs (approx. 100 crores).
Expand BMTC fleet by 3000 more buses (in addition to any existing procurement plans) and hire adequate staff to run this. Allocate the necessary capex (approx. 1350 Crores) and opex (likely an additional 4500 Crores approx. over and above the amounts in 1 and 2) to BMTC as appropriate grants.
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"Initiated by Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike"
Decision Maker: Sri Basavaraj Bommai
Public transport is an essential need. Access to affordable public transport is what enables people to live a decent and dignified life in the city.
The bus ecosystem in Bengaluru currently faces many hurdles:
Bengaluru has one of the highest bus-fares in the country making it unaffordable for large sections of people.
BMTC does not provide adequate connectivity and service to all parts of the city. People usually have to walk 2-3 kms or wait for long periods of time to get a bus.
BMTC has been operating with a fleet of 6000-6500 whereas it needs 15,600 buses to cater to its 1.3 Crore population. With its highly inadequate fleet, BMTC is unable to meet the travel demand in the city. The explosive growth of private vehicles has caused increased pollution, congestion, loss of greenery (trees cut down for flyovers and road widening), further worsening climate change.
Post the pandemic, BMTC has been operating under severe financial stress. It does not have enough staff to operate its full fleet which has led to further reduced services in many areas. Thus, while there is an urgent need for BMTC to hire more staff and expand its services, the government has also ordered a hiring freeze on BMTC due to the corporation's financial position.
Unaffordable fares, inadequate services and now the shortage of staff are all a result of a policy that BMTC should operate out of its own revenue and be financially self-sufficient.
BMTC immediately requires policy and financial support from the government.
Demands
Make travel free for women and transgender community, senior citizens and students, the most vulnerable communities in the city. Allocate the required funds to BMTC to implement this (approx. 1500 Crores). This allocation should be specifically for the free travel scheme and not for any other viability gap funding.
Urgently lift the hiring freeze on BMTC and allow the corporation to hire 1000 additional staff on its rolls. Allocate adequate gap funding to cover salary costs (approx. 100 crores).
Expand BMTC fleet by 3000 more buses (in addition to any existing procurement plans) and hire adequate staff to run this. Allocate the necessary capex (approx. 1350 Crores) and opex (likely an additional 4500 Crores approx. over and above the amounts in 1 and 2) to BMTC as appropriate grants.
Sign our petition to support a better public transport system now!
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