Business Line ( 03 March ) carries following news :
Highlight :
In the case of outright purchase, the
Centre provides 60 per cent subsidy and the rest is provided by the State road
transport corporations.
With most of the RTCs under financial
stress, they are looking at GCC, where the buses would be operated
and maintained by the supplier at a fixed cost per km.
The Bangalore Metropolitan
Transport Corporation (BMTC) has finalised Goldstone-BYD, where six others were
in fray, for 40 buses, where the corporation will pay ₹37.5 per km.
Just to compare this with
other luxury bus service, it works out to about ₹50 a km.
Likewise, TSRTC has also chosen Goldstone for
supply of 40 buses in Hyderabad, also under GCC.
The BMTC had invited tenders for 150
e-buses and it expects to get ₹1
crore as subsidy per bus from the Centre.
A source pointed out that while at ₹85 lakh, the EVs’ cost compares with some of the luxury
diesel buses, their durability has to be tested in tough Indian conditions.
“If these manage to achieve similar
reliability and durability, in major metros like Delhi, where there is growing
concern about vehicular pollution, the entire fleet may be upgraded
to EVs. We believe they are robust and durable as they have far less
moving parts,” the source pointed out.
The Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises had extended a subsidy of ₹437 crore to
11 cities under the FAME India for the launch of electric vehicles to encourage
the States to invite tenders.
While Tata Motors will supply 190
electric buses, Goldstone, which partnered Chinese major BYD, will provide 290
buses.
It was proposed to offer 40 buses for
each city under the pilot project. However, TSRTC in Hyderabad has decided to
take 100 buses, Bengaluru is considering 150 buses, and Mumbai is sticking to
40.
While Ahmedabad is in the process of
finalising, in the case of Delhi, where the courts have
directed it to consider EVs, they are likely to come up with a much larger
tender of procuring about 1,000 buses, another source
requesting anonymity said.
In the meantime , in Mumbai , BEST Committee member,
Ravi Raja said :
“ Financial mismanagement has driven this body to the
current state. BEST immediately needs to buy over
1,000 new buses . But unfortunately , it does not have money to pay the
salaries to its staffers “
A report in Hindustan Times ( 04 March )
reads :
The BEST had proposed wet
leasing of buses in which the contractor will take care of driver, fuel
and maintenance of buses
It was expected to bring savings of Rs 700 – 800 crore, but BEST panel had rejected the proposal
earlier
It later on sanctioned
most of the reform proposals including wet leasing of
more than 450 buses
How much can
EESL save if , instead of “ buying “ those 10,000 Electric cars , it were to “
lease “ out the same ?
Here are my calculations :
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EESL : Lease cars , do not Buy ! [ 16 Aug
2017 ]
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To Buy or not to Buy ? [
11 Oct 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy.html
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