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| Mockery! Own vehicles idly parked, SRTC hires private ones from market | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 11: Jammu and Kashmir State Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) seems to have thrown rules to the wind. In spite of purchasing new vehicles, the corporation was hiring the four-wheelers from the market, putting the burden on the exchequer.
Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that as per Sadriya Riyasat Order (SRO) 157 of 26 April 2001, the Government Departments had to hire trucks from JKSRTC only, as per need. The Government Departments were required to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from JKSRTC before hiring from Private entities. The Corporation also had the flexibility of Contract Hiring of Trucks (CHT) from private transporters based on the demand of goods carriage vehicles. This SRO 157, was, however, abolished in March 2018. Test check of Traffic Manager (Load), Jammu revealed that the Corporation had not assessed the requirement of trucks for the carriage of goods for the period from 2014 to 2019. Even the total demand could not be furnished to Audit by the unit in Srinagar.
Documents reveal that despite the purchase of new 63 trucks during 2018-19, the Traffic Manager (Load), Jammu could not supply adequate vehicles as per the demand in Jammu Division. It was also, noticed that on one hand, the Corporation was hiring trucks from private entities in Jammu while keeping its trucks idle at Srinagar. The Jammu unit of the Corporation could cater only to 19 per cent demand from its own fleet during period from 2014 to 2019 for supply of trucks required for carriage of goods. Despite engaging private contractor for meeting the bulk requirement (74 per cent), there was a shortfall of seven per cent in meeting the overall demand. Demand of trucks was not assessed at Srinagar; as a result the rationale for allocation of trucks among the two units could not be assessed in Audit.
It was seen that although 36,805 truck days were available, only 1,211 were deployed by JKSRTC in Srinagar in 2018-19.
It is to mention that 36 to 100 trucks of Corporation remained idle for want of drivers in April 2018 to March 2019 in the office of the Traffic Manager (Load), Srinagar which comprised 19 to 50 percent of the available operative truck fleet of 201 in the unit.
The government while accepting the flaw stated that every effort shall be made to meet the demand. The non-supply of adequate trucks as per the demand of goods carriage vehicles by the Corporation, despite a provision of hiring from private sources, led to an opportunity of generating revenue being lost. |
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