Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) has earned a revenue of Rs 75.03 crore during the financial year 2020-2021 and purchased 277 new vehicles for effective public transport system across the Union Territory (UT).
This information was given by JKRTC Managing Director Angrez Singh Rana at 83rd Board of Director (BoD) meeting held on Wednesday here under the chairmanship of Lt Governor advisor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar.
Mr Rana said gave a detailed presentation on the progress and achievements of the corporation.
He informed the board that the corporation earned a revenue of Rs 75.03 Crore during the year 2020-21 which includes Rs 64.95 crore as operational revenue and Rs 10.08 crore as non-operational revenue.
He also informed the meeting that 503 new vehicles have been purchased by the corporation. These included 277 trucks, 185 buses and 41 AC buses, which will be delivered in due time and will be operationalised for effective public transport system across J&K.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta; Commissioner Secretary, Transport Department, Hirdesh Kumar; Managing Director, JKRTC, Angrez Singh Rana; Director General Budget, Mohammad Yaqoub Itoo, Chief Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department, representatives of Finance, PWD and other allied departments.The BoDs discussed several issues of the corporation during the meeting besides detailed deliberations were held on the action taken report of decisions in earlier board meetings.
Advisor Bhatnagar, who is also the Chairman of BoDs, while addressing the meeting, emphasized upon the need for bringing innovations and new trends into the corporation so as to bring efficiency in the corporation and make it a profit-worthy public utility.
He called upon the officers to prepare a proper roadmap for the success of the corporation and asked the management to adopt a model which would be feasible in terms of generating revenue as well as establishing an effective transport system across Jammu and Kashmir.
Highlighting the need for initiating measures for improving the corporation, Advisor Bhatnagar delved upon the management of the corporation to devise a mechanism for performance evaluation of drivers and conductors to bring efficiency in the corporation.
The Advisor further asked the management for optimal utilisation and effective operationalisation of new fleet besides transport network models of other States should be explored for adopting efficient and economical transport system in J&K.
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