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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


PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Overview Ground Realities Reasons for chaos Suggestions for improvements


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


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


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


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


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


Public Transport No of Diesel Busses

on Road before phasing out.

No. of CNG Busses after phasing out

10,000

6,000


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


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.


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


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


Public Transport

The Transport Department cannot ascertain how many busses are actually plying on these routes.

Source : RTI


Public Transport

Metro Rail: Breather for Dwarkites,

Rohini, Shadhara, Trans-yamuna Areas and West Delhi.


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.


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



Total TSR

(As on 31-10-2006)

54,369

TSR’s converted/retrofitted

50,328

New Auto’s Registered

4,041



Operational Problems: Failure in getting tamper proof meters

installed Unreasonable fares Inefficient HELPLINE Lack of Enforcement


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


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


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


HELPLINE

Help line introduced by Govt. of NCT of Delhi in Oct 2002

Total Complaints outstanding- 71,141


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


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


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



Drivers Appeared 11,697

Challans CompoundedSource : RTI ID No. 492/6-11-06

15,424

Total TSR

(As on 31-10-2006)

54,000


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


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


Traffic Rules Violations

Plying overloaded heavy goods vehicles

Fatal accidents on roads and prosecutions


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


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


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


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


Parking Facilities

1. Insufficient parking space2. High parking charges3. Parking mafia in operation4. Violation of building bye-laws by

commercial builders


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


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


Road Safety

Pedestrians Cyclists Accessibility


Public Transport

NCR Connectivity: A Big Question mark?


Public Transport

1962 2021

Cycle Tracks Cycle Tracks

MRTS MRTS

Integrated Transport System

Integrated multimodal Public Transport

System

Planning Planning


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.


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


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


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


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


Thank You.

CHETNA (REGD.)A-417, SOM DUTT CHAMBERS-I,5, BHIKAIJI CAMA PLACE,NEW DELHI 110066

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