Jaipur: The variety of public transport service automobiles has not been elevated in line with the inhabitants in Jaipur metropolis. The routes and automobiles which have been determined years in the past, at this time the identical variety of automobiles are operating on the identical routes, on account of which the folks of Jaipur are going through a whole lot of hassle.
The mini buses working in Jaipur transport round 50 thousand passengers within the metropolis each day. Their usefulness can be as a result of JCTSL additionally doesn’t have sufficient buses. At current round 1500 buses are being operated in Jaipur. But their quantity may be very much less in line with the rising inhabitants within the metropolis. If we take a look at at this time’s inhabitants, about three thousand buses are required. Now the Transport Department is contemplating rising the variety of these buses. For this, a proposal has additionally been despatched by the RTO to the Transport Department. Due to much less variety of buses, junk buses haven’t been eliminated. These buses are 15 to twenty years outdated. In such a scenario, there might be solely about 700 buses within the metropolis that are utterly match. If the variety of buses on the routes is elevated, new buses can even come to the town. But the reality is that even after a few years, public transport has change into very restricted on account of lack of latest buses. People are pressured to journey in rickety automobiles inside the metropolis.
This is the standing of low-floor buses within the metropolis
280 buses bought in 2011 grew to become out of date in 2020
-120 buses bought in 2013 change into out of date in March 2023
— A complete of 200 new buses arrived in 2016 and 2020 that are presently working.
1.50 lakh passengers journey
There ought to be 1500 buses in line with the inhabitants
About 5 years in the past, 400 buses have been operated by JCTSL within the metropolis, however the variety of buses stored lowering yr by yr. The authorities didn’t take note of the general public transport of the town. Now the variety of buses has come to 200. Due to much less variety of buses, passengers are getting buses on the bus cease in half an hour. Where 400 buses have been working in 2013, now the quantity has decreased to solely 200. Only 100 large buses and 100 midi buses are operating within the metropolis. Due to having 400 buses, buses used to function on 35 routes within the metropolis, which has now decreased to 25. According to the inhabitants within the capital, the current variety of low-floor buses ought to be round 1500. If the growth of the metro had been accomplished on time, the issue of public transport within the metropolis might have been solved.
