Linking PUC with Insurance ?

Times of India ( 11 Aug ) carried a new report titled :

“ PUC norm : 26m vehicles in 5 cities will face heat / No PUC, no insurance for vehicles : SC “

In a move aimed at reducing pollution caused by vehicular emissions, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre to take steps to refuse insurance cover to vehicles that do not have valid Pollution Under Control ( PUC ) certificate

The Court also ordered the ministry to ensure proper calibration of instruments for checking emission levels, certification of authorised manufacturers of emission testing machines and registration and authentication of those operating the machines for checking emission of vehicles

But polluting the air is not the only nuisance value of India’s 200 million vehicles ( - and growing at 12 million every year ! )

Despite dozens of government agencies and thousands of bureaucrats and lakhs of policemen trying to control / monitor / regulate , vehicular transport , things are only going “ from bad to worse “

  !

Take a look at the following ( partial ) list :

*          Petrol / Diesel vehicles polluting atmosphere – causing early deaths

·         Deterioration of roads due to increased traffic

·         Road congestion leading to increased travel time / petrol wastage

·         Increasing road accidents , maiming and killing people or damaging property

·         No space for footpaths for walking

·         No space for bicycle tracks

·         Unbearable noise pollution causing deafness

·         No place for parking along public roads ( cause for corruption ? )

I urge the Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of this blog and issue notices to the

Central and the State Governments , as to why they cannot implement :

Internet  of Vehicles  [  IoV  ] 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/internet-of-vehicles-iov.html 

And come up with  :

Urban  Transport Policy  

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/urban-transport-policy.html

Surely , Shri Gadkariji  would like to be one-up on the Supreme Court  !

16  Aug  2017

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Cheaper to call a Cab ?

Times of India ( 09 Aug ) published a CRISIL RESEARCH STUDY report on “ Economies of Owning a Car vs Riding an OLA / UBER “

Findings :

·         A personal car is cheaper only if the distance driven is over 15,000 km annually and with a chauffeur , this doubles to 30,000 km

·         Total Cost ( fixed + variable ) per km of owning a personal car is as high as Rs 36 / km , if you drive only 6000 km per year

·         At 42,000 km / year , this drops to Rs 11 / km

·         At 12,000 km / year , it drops to Rs 22 / km

·         Cost per km of a Cab is assumed at Rs 19 / km

No wonder , UBER is growing by leaps and bounds !

Look at its statistics :

·         5.5 million trips in Aug 2016

·         9.4 million trips in July 2017

·         450,000 registered drivers on its platform ( 285,000 active in July )

·         1.3 million rides a day in July 2017, across 29 Indian cities

Comparable figures for OLA are not available except that OLA has 800,000 driver partners !

India has approx. 200 million vehicles

Out of this some 30 million passenger cars

Assume that , out of this , some 20 million are self driven cars

If half of these run 12,000 km ( or less ) per year , their owners could , over next 10 years , change over to hailing a UBER / OLA , generating employment for 10 million drivers !

That is , nearly ONE MILLION drivers per year !

It seems “ SHARING  ECONOMY “ has arrived

AirBnB is another example

What other “ UNDER-UTILIZED “ resource will come under the spell of this  NEW ECONOMY , next ?

Look up :

Whowill obsolete Whom ?  ( 20  Aug  2015 )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/08/who-will-obsolete-whom.html

14  Aug  2017

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Metro in the Ditch ?

DNA ( 14 Aug ) reports :

In 3 years ( between June 2014 and June 2017 ) Mumbai’s METRO 1 has ,

·         Earned….. Rs 664 crores

·         Spent……  Rs 1572 crores

Construction of this 11.4 km line was started in 2007 and got completed in 2014

Original estimated cost of Rs 2356 Cr ballooned to Rs 4321 Cr

Metro 1 is jointly owned by Reliance Infrastructure and Maharashtra Govt company , MMRDA ( 26 % )

Reason advanced for this loss :

·         Was expected to carry 4.3 lakh commuters per day

·         Is actually carrying only 3.8 lakh commuters per day

There is a court case going on between the Govt and MMOPL ( owner of Metro 1 ) re the fare structure, with Reliance Infra claiming it has all the legal rights to fix the fares

All of this must provide INPUTS to the following MASS RAPID TRANSPORTATION proposals just cleared by Niti Aayog :

6 proposals involving Mass Rapid Transportation Technologies , such as Hyperloop , Metrino, Pod Taxies , Stadler buses , Hybrid buses and Freight Rail Road, with a condition that the Transport Ministry conducts trial run of all these technologies ( - under experimentation even in advanced economies )

From where will Transport Ministry find funds for these “ Unproven “ systems , requiring thousands of crores of rupees , and little assurance for “ Profits “ ?

Then there are NPAs ( valued at Rs 10 lakh*crore , in Coal based power plants / Telecom etc ), haunting the banks !

Banks reeling under these NPAs , are unwilling to lend for :

·         Untried / Untested / Un-proven technologies ( even in other countries )

·         Restarting of hundreds of “ Stalled “ projects

·         Take over by the private sector of Govt projects ( divestment ) , with accumulated losses of thousands of crores , making “ Reverse BOT “ , a difficult proposition ( even if government writes off debt and give VRS to employees )

No wonder , Shri Arun Jaitleyji is complaining that the Private Sector is not investing enough in the Infrastructure Projects

14  Aug  2017

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Karenge or Karke Rahenge !

For his Independence Day speech tomorrow , Shri Modiji invited citizens to send in their suggestions , as to what he should talk about

His office ( PMO ) has received some 8,000 + suggestions – which, it is busy reading / sorting / short-listing / incorporating in Shri Modiji’s speech !

Now , no one should expect Shri Modiji to personally go through all those 8000 messages

News reports say that PMO is also trying to figure out ,

·         What promises did Modiji make during his last speech

·         What is the ( implementation ) status of those promises as of today

PMO has identified specific promises made last year , as follows :

·         Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

·         Energy-rich India

·         Farmers’ Welfare

·         Healthy India

·         Saluting Freedom Fighters

·         Saluting Tribals

·         Giving an identity to every Indian

What would , however surprise the listeners ( - and pleasantly , too ) , if Modiji declares from the ramparts of the Red Fort , tomorrow :

“ Before 15^th Aug 2018 , government will find an amicable settlement of Babri Masjid / Ram Mandir dispute through negotiations with all concerned and start at the disputed site , construction of a “  WORLD  PEACE  COMPLEX “ , as outlined in :

Reach  Out Time  ?  ( 20 Sept 2013 )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2013/09/reach-out-time.html

14  Aug  2017

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