No new bus for DTC, says Delhi government

There is no proposal to add new buses to the fleet of state-owned agency Delhi Transport Corporation which ferries around 35 lakh passengers every day, the AAP government told the Assembly on Tuesday.It also said no new bus has been added to the DTC fleet in the last two years.

In a written reply to a question by Opposition leader Vijender Gupta during the Winter Session of Delhi Assembly, Transport Minister Satyendar Jain said the government has, however, made a plan to run new buses (orange) under the Cluster Scheme in which private players provide buses to DIMTS. Presently, there is a demand of over 11,000 buses in Delhi and as per plan, DTC and DIMTS have to run 5,500 buses each in the national Capital.

DTC currently runs 4,009 buses in the city while Delhi Integrated Multi-Model Transit System (DIMTS) has around 1,500. “In last two years, no new bus has been added to the fleet of Delhi Transport Corporation,” Jain said. Asked if the government has plan to buy new buses in the near future, the Transport Minister said: “There is no proposal to buy buses. But under the Cluster Scheme, plan is being made to run new buses.”