Lok Sabha Question No. 4122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Public Transport Service in Delhi and NCR
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of DTC and cluster buses being run by the Government for the commuters in Delhi and NCR;
- (b) whether commuters relying on public transport have to wait for hours due to shortage of buses and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  buses  to  meet  the requirements of huge number of commuters in Delhi and NCR; and
- (d) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  public transport  in Delhi and NCR?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER  OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) As per the information received from Govt. of NCT of Delhi: Presently, 3796 DTC buses are  being  operated  on  437  city  routes  &  8  NCR  routes  and  1679  Cluster  buses  are  being operated on 149 city routes of Delhi by the Government of NCT of Delhi for the commuters in Delhi and NCR.

- (b)  No Sir.

(c)      The  Government  of  NCT  of  Delhi  plans  to  induct/procure  buses  as  per  the  following details:-

(i)    Agreements  have  been  signed  with  the  selected  bidders  of  the  4  distinct  clusters  for engagement  of  1000  Standard  Floor  height  Non-AC  CNG  buses  (with  lifts  for  disabled persons) under the Cluster Scheme

(ii)  The tenders for engagement of 1000 Low Floor height AC CNG buses, in four clusters have been  floated.  The  bids  were  opened  on  01.02.2019.    Letter  of  awards  to  the  selected bidders are being issued to the 3 Concessionaires.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4122

ANSWERED ON 18  TH   JULY, 2019

## PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE IN DELHI AND NCR

## 4122. SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(iii)  Electrical  buses  being  a  new  technology,  a  consultant  was  appointed  to  suggest  the appropriate  technology,  Government  of  NCT  of  Delhi  accorded  approval  for  phase-wise induction of engagement of 1000 Low Floor height AC Pure electric buses under the Cluster

Scheme. (d) (i)  Apart from the existing network of Delhi Metro of 343 kms,, construction of about 6.3 km of metro line is in progress. Proposal of Phase-IV of Delhi MRTS project, comprising 6  corridors  with  103.93  kms,  has  been  accorded  approval  with  certain  conditions    With implementation of Phase-IV project, total length of Delhi Metro will be 453.93 Km. (ii) Transport  Department  has  selected  the  consultant  (i.e.  M/s  Ernst  &  Young  LLP)  to provide consultancy services to Transport Department for installation of CCTV Cameras and GPS devices  for  Automatic  Vehicle  Tracking  of  all  existing  DTC  and  Cluster  buses.  The tender inter-alia includes establishment of a State of the Art Control & Command Center for Automatic Vehicle Tracking of all the existing DTC and Cluster buses. (iii) The common mobility card in all DTC and Cluster buses has been implemented with effect  from  August  2018.  The  payment  of  bus-fare  by  the  passengers  can  now  be  made through DMRC smart cards. The use of facility is being promoted by providing 10% discount in fares on usage of DMRC metro card in DTC and Cluster buses. (iv)

The Government of NCT of Delhi has also  appointed consultant for  carrying out  a comprehensive  Route  Rationalization  Study  of  all  existing  city  bus  routes  and  last  mile connectivity  requirements  after  determining  the  present  travel  demand  in  the  city  in  a scientific manner with the objective to maximize service quality and public transport access. The draft final report titled 'Route Rationalization and Last Mile Connectivity Update Study' has  been  received  from  the  consultant  by  Transport  Department  and  is  being  finalized incorporating comments from all the stake holders. Part of the study relating to the Najafgarh area is already implemented as a pilot project.

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