TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2016-2017 DEMAND NO. 48 M.R. VIJAYABHASKAR Minister for Transport Government of Tamil Nadu 2016 Government of Tamil Nadu is one of the leading states to TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT take a bold decision of encouraging the public sector 1. Introduction co-operation for bolstering the infrastructure of the State. Tamil Nadu has 8 State Transport Corporations with a Transport or transportation is the movement of people fleet strength of 20,839 buses which run 94.02 lakh kms and goods from one location to another. Transport is carrying more than 1.79 crore passengers per day. important because it enables trade which is essential for the development of civilisation. With the development of The bus fare in Tamil Nadu is the lowest among all the combustion engines and automobiles around 1900, the various states in the country. To cater to the needs of road transport became competitive and mechanical the travelling public, different types of services such as private transport originated. Since the economic ordinary, Express, Semi low floor, Super Deluxe, Ultra liberalisation in the 1990’s in India, infrastructure Deluxe and Air conditioned buses are being operated. development has progressed rapidly with huge growth in To increase the bus passengers share in Public various modes of transport. Transport, the number of small buses have been A good Public Transport System must be easy, increased in Chennai connecting newly developed areas fast, safe and also affordable. From a social perceptive, in and around Chennai city for the benefit of commuters Public Transport is always the mode of transport for the and also to reduce private transport vehicles such as two poor. It has also been pointed out by a number of studies wheelers and cars. and committees that Road Transport is the major To ensure proper maintenance of buses contributory factor for the economic development of a 37 number of new depots have been inducted recently country or a state. making the total number of depots to 319 in the whole Tamil Nadu has a well established transportation state of Tamil Nadu. system which connects all parts of the state. The 2 2. Administrative setup of Transport Department. (i) Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Limited, Chennai. Under the administrative control of Principal Secretary to Government, this department is functioning (ii) State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Limited, Chennai. with 2 Deputy Secretaries, 4 Under Secretaries and 59 administrative Staff. The Principal Secretary to (iii) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Government, Transport department is the Ex-Officio (Villupuram) Limited, Villupuram. Chairman of all the State Transport Undertakings and the (iv) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Salem) Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Limited, Salem. Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited. (v) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation The following Organizations are also functioning under (Coimbatore) Limited, Coimbatore. the Administrative Control of the Transport Department: (vi) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (i) Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance (Kumbakonam) Limited, Kumbakonam. Corporation Limited (TDFC) (vii) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) (ii) Institute of Road Transport (IRT) Limited, Madurai. (iii) Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services Limited (viii) Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (PTCS) (Tirunelveli) Limited, Tirunelveli. (iv) Motor Vehicle Maintenance Department (MVMD) State Transport Undertakings at a glance: There are eight Transport Corporations providing inter- The State Transport Corporations of Tamil Nadu state and intra-state services in the State as mentioned have a fleet of 23,078 buses including 2,239 spare buses below: as on 31.03.2016. 3 4 The number of scheduled services as on 3.1 Bus fare: 31st March 2016 is 20,839. The operational area of the The bus fare was revised previously with effect State Transport Undertakings extends to the States of from 18-11-2011. As the neighbouring States have Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and the Union revised the bus fare frequently, this Government have not territory of Puducherry respectively. All State Transport revised the bus fare for the past five years in the interest Undertakings operate at an average of 94.02 lakh of travelling public. A comparison of fare with other States kilometres per day. The total staff strength including is given in the table below:- reserve is 1,48,411 as on 31.03.2016. (In Paise per Km) The Government have taken various measures to Air- Fare Express improve the performance of the State Transport Mofussil Super Ultra condi- Volvo State Effective / Semi (Ordy.)s Deluxe Deluxe tioned from Deluxe Undertakings. As such, the performance indicators have Tamil shown positive trend. Fuel efficiency of 5.25 KMPL in 18.11.2011 42 56 60 70 90 110 Nadu March 2011 has been increased to 5.29 KMPL during Andhra 24.10.2015 62 87 116 116 171 265 March 2016. Pradesh Kerala 20.05.2014 64 68 77 110 110 130 3. Units of State Transport Corporations: Karnataka 10.01.2015 59 90 112 131 177 190 The State Transport Corporations have the following Units: 3.2 Bus services offered by the State Transport Undertakings: Branches Engine RC Bus Body Tyre Re- F.C The various bus services offered by the State (Rural & Units and Building treading Units Transport Undertakings to the travelling Public as on Urban) Workshop Units plants 319 21 23 18 44 31.03.2016 are as follows: 5 6 Chennai Metro – City services 3,685 Town Services (in Districts) 6,930 Accidents/ 1,00,000 Km Mofussil services 8,612 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.18 529 Fatal accidents 1237 1233 1187 1165 1258 Ghat services Express services No. of persons dead in 1397 1382 1318 1331 1460 Inside State 664 accidents Outside State 419 Fuel Performance Total Services 20,839 5.25 5.27 5.26 5.30 5.29 (KMPL) Spare Buses 2,239 Average Total Fleet Strength 23,078 Km run per condemned tyre 1.65 1.80 1.82 1.92 2.01 (in lakh kms) 3.3 Performance Indicators: Men per bus including The Physical Performance Indicators from 2011-12 scheduled services 6.40 6.31 6.43 6.48 6.52 to 2015-16 are as follows: (including workshop employees) Item 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 3.4 Operational cost: Fleet Strength 21,207 22,053 22,501 22,474 23,078 The expenditure on establishment cost and diesel Scheduled 19,507 20,500 20,684 20,684 20,839 Services price normally increases the operational cost of the State Total Kilometres Transport Undertakings every year. The percentage of operated per 88.44 89.78 91.20 90.21 94.02 day (in lakhs cost components during the year 2015-16 are as follows:- Kms) Breakdown/ 10,000 Km 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.004 0.004 7 8 Sl. No. Components Percentage (Rupees in crore)/ per day 1 Salary 51.4% Bus Other Total Year collection Revenue income 2 Diesel 28.3% per day 3 Repair and Maintenance 4.1% 2011-12 18.75 2.64 21.39 4 Depreciation 2.6% 2012-13 19.87 3.01 22.88 5 MACT Award and Toll Fee & 6.2% 2013-14 20.12 4.59 24.71 others 2014-15 20.50 4.41 24.91 6 Interest 5.6% 2015-16 7 Taxes 1.8% (Pre Audit) 20.73 3.34 24.07 Total 100% 4. Revenue of State Transport Corporations: 5. Financial Assistance by the Government: Due to frequent diesel price hike, increase in For the past five years (2011-2016), the spare parts cost, Wage agreement and hike in D.A. to the Government have sanctioned a sum of Rs.6348.52 crore employees, State Transport Undertakings have been towards various kinds of subsidies, reimbursement of incurring additional expenditure every year. However, the expenditure, loans and advance and share capital State Transport Undertakings continue to improve their assistance as tabulated below: revenue every year. The details of Bus collection and other revenue such as advertisements, sale of drinking water, courier, hire charges and commercial complexes for the past five years are as follows:- 9 10 5.1 Share Capital Assistance: 5.3 Grant : (Rs. in crore) (Rs. in crore) Reduce outstanding liability in the Books, Year New ETM CM award to as working capital Total Year MCOP Diesel accident free Total Bus machine /Improve Liquidity & drivers gap Capital Expenditure 2011-12 20.00 - 2.7800 22.7800 2011-12 155.26 7.0275 - 162.2875 2012-13 20.00 200.00 2.7800 222.7800 2012-13 150.00 24.6322 - 174.6322 2013-14 20.00 500.00 1.6004 521.6004 2013-14 - - 350.00 350.0000 2014-15 20.00 600.00 2.7800 622.7800 2014-15 125.00 - 228.00 353.0000 2015-16 30.00 256.72 2.7800 289.5000 2015-16 - - 150.00 150.0000 Total 110.00 1556.72 12.7204 1679.4404 Total 430.26 31.6597 728.00 1189.9197 5.2 Loans and Ways & Means Advances: 5.4 Reimbursement of Student Concession Subsidy: (Rs. in crore) Wage Settle- Retired New Bus Bus The Government have sanctioned Rs.2262.97 Year MCOP Diesel ment and staff Total Body Bonus & settle- Reno- DA ment vation crore towards students concessional subsidy during the arrear 2011-12 137.5000 24.395 25.00 81.0265 178.1415 - 446.0630 years 2011-2016 to all State Transport Undertakings 2012-13 - - 13.91 - - - 13.9100 (except State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu 2013-14 - 24.395 - - - - 24.3950 Limited) 2014-15 81.6144 - 39.73 - - - 121.3444 2015-16 125.0000 - - - 360.0000 116.00 601.0000 Total 344.1144 48.790 78.64 81.0265 538.1415 116.00 1206.7124 11 12 6.