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PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DELHI
Presentation before Hon’ble Members of Committee on Petitions
of Delhi Legislative Assembly
by
CHETNAON
20TH FEBRUARY, 2007
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Overview Ground Realities Reasons for chaos Suggestions for improvements
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Ground Realities
1. Congested roads2. Deficient and inefficient public
transport3. Fleecing of commuters4. Mass traffic rules violations5. Insufficient parking space6. Unsafe roads7. Poor connectivity within NCR
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Congested Delhi Road
Annual Wastage of Fuel & Man hours *Fuel: Rs. 24 Crores; *Man Hours. Rs.1300 Crores
Increased Pollution* Each intersection under survey - total 20 such intersections
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Why roads are congested?
1. Encroachment
2. Faulty placement of stops
3. Inoperative traffic signals
4. Heavy pressure on artillery roads
5. Unwanted gaps in roads
6. Faulty design of flyovers
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PRIVATE VEHICLES ON ROADS
On daily basis: App. 12,000 cars & 12,000
scooters/bikes from Vasant Kunj itself
*App. 50,000 cars & 50,000
scooters/bikes from Dwarka itself*With Metro now Dwarka vehicles has been reduced to just half
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WHY SO MANY PRIVATE VEHICLES ON ROADS?
Lack of Public Transport Un-regulated Intermediate Public
Transport
Lack of feeder transport between habitat and public transport stations
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Public Transport No of Diesel Busses
on Road before phasing out.
No. of CNG Busses after phasing out
10,000
6,000
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Public TransportPosition as on 31-10-06
Big Buses with permitsOn 644 routes
4379
Mini Buses/RTV on 152 routes
1345
Total
Source-RTI
5724
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Public Transport
Route No Sanctioned Busses
Busses Plying
66 C-9 Vasant Kunj to JLN
Stadium
4 (Four) 01 DTC
605- C-9 to Mori Gate
54(Fifty Four) 2 Pvt. 2 DTC
602 C-9 Vasant Kunj to Red Fort
Source: RTI
06 01 DTC
02 Pvt.
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Public Transport
Route No. Busses Sanctioned
Actual
784 Nazafgarh to Nehru Place
Nil 27 Pvt. &
2 DTC
737 Nazafgarh to JLN Stadium
3 1 Pvt.
840 ExtnSource: RTI
5 2
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Public Transport
Route No Busses STA Busses DTC Total615 JNU to NDLS
Rly Stn
14 03 17
680 Central Secretariat
19 05 24
620 Shiva Ji Stadium to IIT
17 08 25
505 Kamla Market to Mehrauli
13 04 17
520 Super Bazar to
Malviya Nagar
19 04 23
533 ISBT to Mehrauli 20 05 25
780 Super Bazaar to IGI
Airport
Source: RTI
04 03 07
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Public Transport
The Transport Department cannot ascertain how many busses are actually plying on these routes.
Source : RTI
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Public Transport
Metro Rail: Breather for Dwarkites,
Rohini, Shadhara, Trans-yamuna Areas and West Delhi.
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Public Transport
Even the busses that have been taken off the Metro Routes have not been properly deployed;
Transport Department admitted before PGC in Jan 2006 that Permit holders do not ply on non profitable routes.
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Intermediate Public Transport
Modes: Taxi Auto Rickshaws
No of TSR’s to be converted into CNG Mode as per order dated 16-12-1997 of Hon’ble Supreme Court: 83,000
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Intermediate Public Transport
Total TSR
(As on 31-10-2006)
54,369
TSR’s converted/retrofitted
50,328
New Auto’s Registered
4,041
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Intermediate Public Transport
Operational Problems: Failure in getting tamper proof meters
installed Unreasonable fares Inefficient HELPLINE Lack of Enforcement
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Passengers to pay by meter
Tamper proof meter directed to be installed by Apex Court dated 06-12-2001 and High Court of Delhi on 09-01-2002
Sub standard meters approved by the Director Legal Meteorology;
Easy to tamper and most of the time non-functional
Fleecing continues
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Defective fare meters
During 2006 No. of inspections made on roads - 4902 Fare meters found defective - 2341 Fare meters found defective - 48% *Reasons for defects – improper maintenance
and upkeep by owners/drivers.*The C W & M is not aware how many defective meters of each brand were found as many dealers have actually wound up and
do not have any after sale service.
Source: RTI dated 18.1.2007
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Intermediate Public Transport Fare Revision: Feb 03 & July 03
2003: CNG- Rs. 12/- per Kg
Pulses-Rs. 20/- to Rs. 25/- Kg 2007: CNG-Rs. 19.20 per Kg;
Pulses. Rs. 60/- to Rs. 70 Kg
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HELPLINE
Help line introduced by Govt. of NCT of Delhi in Oct 2002
Total Complaints outstanding- 71,141
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Help Line- StatisticsOct 2002 to 30-04-04
Complaints Received
65,665
Notices Issued 65,665
Notices Returned 35,273
Drivers did not appear
6,027
Drivers Prosecuted 24,365
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Help Line- Statistics01-04-2005 to 15-02-06
No of complaints received
112917
Notices Issued 105935
Notices Returned 6772
Drivers not appeared
Source-RTI
27983
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Help Line- Statistics16-02--2006 to 31-10-2006
No of complaints received
5150
Notices Issued 4975
Notices Returned 3302
Drivers not appeared
Source-RTI
3477
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Intermediate Public Transport
Drivers Appeared 11,697
Challans CompoundedSource : RTI ID No. 492/6-11-06
15,424
Total TSR
(As on 31-10-2006)
54,000
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Public Transport - Legal Provisions
S. 56- Certificate of fitness of Transport Vehicle S. 66 (1)- Necessity of Permit; S.72- Grant of Stage Carriage permit S.73,74- Contract Carriage Permits S.77-79- Goods Carriage Permit; S.84- General Conditions for all permits; S.86- Cancellation and suspension of Permits by Transport Department
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OFFENCES, PENALTIES & PROCEDURE- 1st & 2nd Offenses
S.177 - Violation of any Provision Rs.100-300 S.180 - unauthorized driver Imprisonment for three months/- Fine Rs.1000 or both S.182 – Driving without License -
imprisonment of three months or fine of Rs. 500 or both S.183- Driving at excessive Speed- Rs.100 to 300 S.184- Dangerous Driving-
1st offence -6 months Imprisonment or Rs.1000/ fine or both, 2nd offence with in 3 years- 6 months Imprisonment or Rs.1000 fine or both
S.185- Drunken Driving- 1st- 6 months Imprisonment or Rs.2000 fine or both, 2nd- If committed with in three years- 2 yrs Imprisonment or Rs.3000 fine or both
S.190- Using unsafe Vehicle- Fine up to 2,000, in case of accident - imprisonment of 3 months of fine up to Rs. 1000 or both
S.192- Using Vehicle without Registration- 1st Fine- between Rs. 2000/- to Rs. 5000/-, 2nd within one yr- Imprisonment or fine from Rs. 5000/- to 10,000/- or both
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Traffic Rules Violations
Plying overloaded heavy goods vehicles
Fatal accidents on roads and prosecutions
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Public Transport -Social Audit Every day nearly 80,000 trucks enter/pass through
Delhi and almost 80% are overloaded. (Source: Bhure Lal Committee affidavit in Supreme Court)
Heavy Goods Vehicles challaned for overloading: April 02 –Jan 03 : 3,703 (10 months) April 03 to May 04 : 6,636 (14 months) April 04 to March 05 : 2,656 April 05 to March 06 : 704* GNCT looses Rs. 1,267 crores annually on account of non enforcement of overloading of trucks only excluding damage to roads, accidents &
Pollution, loss of life & property.
Source-RTI
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Public TransportAction Taken-Fatal Accidents- Traffic Police- Recommendations1st April 2002 to 15-12-2006
BLUE LINE BUSES 443
DTC BUSES 237
MINI BUSES 212
OTHER BUSES
Source-RTI
637Total-1529
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Public Transport- Social AuditYear 2004 2005 2006(upto
15/10/06)Total Challans 39,65,845 41,06,169 33,26,964
Compounding Fee
Rs. 43,08,60,166
Rs.
48,24,11750
Rs. 37,72,20,960
Compounding Fee
Per Challan
Rs. 108.64 Rs. 117.48 Rs. 113.38
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Public TransportAction Taken-Transport Department
Fatal Accident- Permit Suspended 04/03 till 31-10-06
488
Driving License cancelled from 04/05 to 10/06
210
Permit cancellation -Fatal Accidents from 04/05 to 10/06
Nil
Prosecutions for Non-possession/Invalid Fitness Certificate from 04/05 to 10/06*58.2% of total buses on road
*3129
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Parking Facilities
1. Insufficient parking space2. High parking charges3. Parking mafia in operation4. Violation of building bye-laws by
commercial builders
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Parking Facilities
Both NDMC and MCD have denied on record the existence of parking mafia in Connaught Place/Circus, Vasant Vihar, Green Park, Haus Khas, Safdar Jang Development Area.
Source: Replies under RTI
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Parking spaces- Social Audit Amount collected on parking
charges during the period from 2004 to Dec. 2006 -- Rs. 130.07 Crores
Amount spent for development of parking sites -- NIL
Source: RTI dated 22.1.2007
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Public Transport
1962 2021
Cycle Tracks Cycle Tracks
MRTS MRTS
Integrated Transport System
Integrated multimodal Public Transport
System
Planning Planning
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Suggestions - Public Transport
Enforce Law to ensure busses ply only on sanctioned routes;
Introduce point to point premium bus service;
Interlink bus routes with Metro; Enforce the time table for all
busses.
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Suggestions-Intermediate Public Transport
Enforce Law to ensure no meter tampering
Ensure meters approved are only sold in Market;
Allow shared Taxi/TSR service & fix the routes;
Enforce permit conditions to eliminate finance cartel;
Allot the TSR’S to genuine drivers-17065
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Appoint single authority to deal with all kinds of permit condition violations
Cancel Permit u/s 86 of M V Act Award stringent punishment by
amending the law in accident cases;
Impose Heavy Fines.
Suggestions- Law Enforcement
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Development of more parking sites,
Withdrawal of NOC by Traffic Police to allotee of Parking by MCD if, found violating the terms and conditions including overcharging,
Commercial builders to develop parking space for the building compulsorily.
Suggestions- Parking spaces
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Suggestions- Awareness & Training
Creating awareness amongst commuters to follow traffic rules
Giving training to public and intermediate public transport drivers to strictly follow traffic rules
To hold regular inspection and awareness camps in various parts
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Thank You.
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