The Odisha State Road and Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has made a total profit of Rs 1,053 lakh in the last four years, informed Transport Minister Ramesh Majhi in the Assembly on Saturday.
The OSRTC made a profit of Rs 277.57 lakh in 2012-13, Rs 73.82 lakh in 2013-14, Rs 503.22 lakh in 2014-15 and Rs 198.52 lakh by January-end in 2015-16, the Minister said in response to a question put by BJD MlA Debashis Nayak.
The Minister too informed that the corporation has bought a total of 190 buses during these four years. While 12 buses were purchased in 2012-13, 41 were bought in 2013-14, 107 in 2014-15 and 30 buses during 2015-16.
These buses are now running in 121 new routes, including six inter-State routes. The inter-State routes are Bhawanipatna-Visakhapatnam via Jeypore, Nabarangpur-Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam-MV 79, Vishakhapatnam-Umarkote, Visakhapatnam-Chitrakonda and Visakhapatnam-Umarkote (Day).