ADILABAD: As Adilabad district is set for a trifurcation, the truncated Adilabad district sector of the State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is expected to incur a whopping daily revenue loss of Rs 5 lakh on an average vis-a-vis the sectors of Mancherial and Nirmal districts.
According to the records, the RTC depots at Nirmal, Bhainsa, Mancherial and Asifabad earned over Rs 23 lakh per day while transporting as many as one lakh passengers in Nirmal and Mancherial districts. However, Adilabad and Utnoor depots earned Rs 17.75
lakh per day while transporting over 78,000 passengers.
On condition of anonymity, a senior official of RTC said, “After Mancherial and Nirmal districts come into existence, the revenue of Adilabad district RTC will decline by half. With the district encompassing a vast area of tribal habitations, the Palle Velugu bus service will receive a big dent in revenue.”
There are six depots in the undivided district, earning an average income of Rs 65 lakh a day from transporting 2.80 lakh passengers. TSRTC chairman Somarapu Satyanarayana said that the divisional manager would be in charge of RTC’s operations in the three new districts.
Road corporation is aiming at a turnover of Rs 5,000 cr: Somarapu
With Dasara not far away, measures are being taken to bifurcate the RTC as the new districts are set to come into existence, TSRTC chairman Somarapu Satyanarayana said here on Thursday. During his maiden visit to the district after taking charge, he inspected the Adilabad bus stand and interacted with the passengers. He said that steps were being taken to establish more number of bus stands and depots. Of the 1,157 new buses purchased in the state, 36 were sanctioned for Adilabad district. He said the government was taking steps to increase RTC’s turnover to Rs 5,000 crore and was planning to maintain a timeline to reduce the losses. Towards this goal, he said, there was a proposal for starting restaurants and lodges to boost RTC revenue.
