And getting
costlier, too !
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 “
[
source : Buy
or Lease ?
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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