UP News: Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has handed over its 15 bus depots to private hands. Now the work of repairing buses in these depots will be handled by private firms.
These 15 bus depots also include Lucknow’s Awadh Bus Depot. Let us tell you that with the aim of increasing the capacity of the workshops of the Transport Corporation, tenders were made to give the workshops of 19 depots on tender through outsourcing, out of which the tender of 15 depots has been approved.
The 15 bus depots which have been handed over to private hands for maintenance work are Lucknow’s Awadh Depot, Nazirabad Depot, Hardoi Depot, Zero Road Depot, Taj Depot, Deoria Depot, Sahibabad Depot, Varanasi Cantt Depot, Sultanpur Depot, Jhansi Depot, Ballia Depot, Banda Depot, Badaun Depot, Etawah Depot and Balrampur Depot. According to the information received, the maintenance work of buses has been done by private companies due to lack of technical staff.
Maintenance work given to these companies
The companies which have been given the work of maintenance of these buses are SDL Enterprises, RK Automobile and Shyam Enterprises. After initially seeing their working, the work of maintenance of buses in the remaining 100 depots can also be given to private companies in the coming days. Due to lack of technical staff and officers in the workshops, maintenance problems were being seen in the buses of the Transport Corporation. The department believes that private companies will maintain the buses with good quality.
Stations will be developed under the PPP model
Under the plan made by the State Road Transport Corporation to modernize the 23 stations on the PPP model, contracts have also been signed with the firm working for 11 bus stations. These bus stations will be very modern and equipped with all facilities. Along with the bus station, these will have facilities like various types of outlets, multiplexes and will be very spectacular to look at.