And getting costlier, too !
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DNA ( 08 may 2018 ) carries following news re BEST in
Mumbai :
That means :
Running Cost per bus ( Rs per Km ):
2007-08 / 2010-11
/ 2013-14 / 2016-17
54 / 58
/ 86 / 107
Against this, consider the “ PRICE PER KM “ quoted by Goldstone recently for “ WET LEASING “ of ELECTRIC buses :
“ Goldstone-BYD placed bids as low as ₹29.28 per km for a 9-meter AC bus to
Bengaluru, followed by ₹36 per km bid for a similar one
for Hyderabad “
And
these prices are for a tender for 230+40 buses only !
BEST
fleet has 3711 buses
If
BEST were to get its entire fleet as WET LEASED from parties like TATA / Ashok Leyland / Goldstone
–BYD etc , then it is entirely possible that the quoted price could come down
to as low as Rs 27 per Km !
A SAVING OF RS 80 PER KM
Now
, a BEST bus is supposed to run , 200 km / day
That
is 365*200 = 73000 km per year
For
those 3711 BEST buses , that amounts to 73,000*3711 = 27, 09,03,000 km per year
So , if we save Rs 80 per km ,
how much SAVING can we make per year if all those buses were taken on WET LEASE
?
Rs 2160 crore !
Apart from that , there will be following advantages :
* No need for an army of Bus Drivers /
Conductors / Maintenance people
* Huge saving of Petrol / Diesel
* No exhaust fumes , so cleaner air to
breathe and less respiratory diseases
Is this likely to happen anytime soon ?
Are you kidding !
Powerful vested interests are right now busy thwarting
the recent tender for 230+40 buses !
10 May 2018
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