NEW DELHI: The capital’s public transporter Delhi Transport Corporation has been running into losses of over Rs 1,000 crore annually since 2015, although it has been unable to add even one bus to its existing fleet. The AAP-led city government also denied reports that extra amount of Rs 1,000 crore was to be paid to manufacturers of 1,000 low floor buses being procured by the DTC for comprehensive annual maintenance contract.
These statements were given by the transport department of the city government in the Delhi assembly, in a written reply, to a question by BJP MLA Vijender Gupta on Thursday. The monsoon session of the Delhi Assembly concluded on Friday.
In reply to another question by BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar, the transport department said the DTC has not bought any bus after 2015.
Meanwhile, under the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) operated cluster scheme, 1,387 buses were procured after 2015, the department said.
In the past six years, the DTC suffered losses of Rs 1,019.36 crore in 2014-15, Rs 1,250.15 crore in 2015-16, Rs 1,381.78 crore in 2016-17, Rs 1,730.02 crore in 2017-18, Rs 1,664.56 crore in 2018-19.
