Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) would start process of auction of the old buses those in bad condition and require fatty sum for repairing. Dehradun division has started process to identify the buses which will be auctioned in two phases.
Sources said that the division identified around 150 buses which are in bad shape and if the department carries out repairing, it will have to spend a fatty sum for the purpose. So, it has decided to auction the buses in bad shape. The auction process, however, would be started after two months when the division is likely to get new buses’ lot.
Divisional Manager Anoop Singh Rawat accepted that the old buses would be auctioned. It will be done in two phases. Process to identify the buses in worst condition has been started. In first phase, around 50 such buses will be auctioned. The second phase will witness auction of 100 buses. He, however, clarified that the auction will take place after two months.
It may be mentioned here that the UTC is in process to purchase around 150 buses. Division is likely to get 60 buses of them. It may take around two months.
Rawat said, “After we get the lot of buses, process will be started. Before that we can not even think of it since it would affect our capacity.” He said that introduction of the new buses would enhance the capacity of the division.
He said that the new buses are more comfortable. Seats of the buses have been designed in such a way that passengers would feel comfort during journey.