KMT bags national award for vehicle productivity

KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) has been selected for the first prize in the category of vehicle productivity at national level for the year 2011-12. The Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU),), a national body which coordinates among different state transport undertakings has selected KMT for the award. KMT is a public sector undertaking which comes under the jurisdiction of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC).The award will be conferred to KMT on January 27, during the 58th annual conference of the ASTRU to be held at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The Union ministry of road transport and highways had analyzed performance of 38 state road transport corporations and municipal /state road transport undertakings across the country during 2011-12 and prepared a 35-page report. The award for KMT assumes significance as around 56% buses out of the 136 vehicles owned by the KMT ply on old roads and many are not fit to be run on the roads."
Sanjay Bhosale, additional manager of the KMT while talking to TOI said, "Though we have very few buses as compared to the demand, we are utilizing the available resources with maximum strength. The award has been conferred to us because inspite of the paucity of resources we have utilized it properly. In order to avoid inconvenience to the commuters, we allow each KMT bus to run 235.18 km per day."
At present, there are around 136 buses with the KMT and 36 of those are operated by a private service provider on rental basis. The rest are owned by KMT. Around 90,000 commuters travel by the KMT buses every day on 33 different routes. Besides, the KMT provides services to the 80 fringe villages situated within a 15-20 km periphery of the city.
"We are seeking the approval of the Central government for 104 buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The final approval is likely to come in the next week. The award has added to our credential which will only bolster our demand of new buses," added Bhosale.
ASRTU works to bring together all state road transport undertakings on a common platform with the aim of pooling their resources. The national body is working in coordination with other departments in order to deal with the diverse problems faced by different transport units. The association has now 58 members.
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Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT), has been awarded the first prize in the vehicle productivity category at the national-level by the Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU) for 2011-12.
The KMT is the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's (KMC) public transport undertaking. ASRTU aims to bring together all state road transport undertakings on a common platform with the aim of pooling in resources to help improve overall performance. ASRTU has 58 members across the country.
The award is important as a report prepared by the Union ministry of road transport and highways stated that around 56% buses of the 136 KMT vehicles are old and unfit to be plying on roads. The 35-page report analyzed the performance of 38 state road transport corporations (SRTC) and municipal or state road transport undertakings (SRTU) across the country for 2011-12.
Sanjay Bhosale, the KMT's additional manager said, "Though we have very few buses compared to the number of commuters travelling daily, we are making full use of our fleet. The award has been given as every bus runs 235.18 km per day to avoid the inconvenience to the commuters due to few trips and buses."
At present, there are about 136 buses with the KMT, of which 36 are operated by a private service provider on rent basis. The rest are owned by the KMT. About 90,000 people travel by KMT buses everyday on 33 routes. Besides, the KMT provides services to 80 fringe villages located within a 15-20 km periphery of the city.
The award will be conferred on January 27 during ASTRU's 58th annual conference which will be held at Jodhpur in Rajasthan. "We are seeking the approval of the central government for 104 buses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The final approval is likely to come next week. The award has added to our credentials and will help to strengthen our demand for new buses," Bhosale added
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Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Municipal Transport, a public transport undertaking of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation has been conferred with a first prize in the category of vehicle productivity at the national level by Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU) for the year 2011-12.
The award is important as about 56% buses of the 136 vehicles KMT plies are old and not fit to be on the roads, says a report prepared by the Union ministry of road transport and highways. The 35-page report analysed the performance of 38 state road transport corporations (SRTC) and municipal /state road transport undertakings (SRTU) across the country for 2011-12.
Sanjay Bhosale, additional manager of KMT while talking to TOI said, "Though we have very few buses as compared with the need of the commuters travelling daily, we are utilising the fleet with maximum strength. The award has been given as our every bus runs 235.18 Km per day to avoid the inconvenience to the commuters due to few trips and buses."
At present, there are about 136 buses with the KMT and 36 of those are operated by a private service provider on a rent basis. The rest are owned by the KMT. About 90,000 people travel by the KMT buses every day on 33 routes. Besides, the KMT provides services to the 80 fringe villages situated within a 15-20 km periphery of the city.
The award will be conferred on January 27 during 58th annual conference of ASTRU to be held at Jodhpur in Rajasthan. "We are seeking the approval of the central government for 104 buses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The final approval is likely to come in next week. The award has added to our credential which will strengthen our demand of the new buses," added Bhosale.
The ASRTU aims to bring together all state road transport undertakings on a common platform with the aim of pooling their resources and knowhow for dealing with various problems faced by them and help them improve their performance. The ASRTU has 58 members, who constitute the backbone of mobility for the urban and rural population, across the country.