Decision! PMC General Body to give fund to public transport

Pune : Npnews 24 online – The general body of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given a go ahead to give funds to cover the operational loss of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML).

Total losses are around Rs 244 crore and the PMC and PCMC will share the liability.

Elected members approved the proposal to give funds to the PMPML. They also criticized officials for not being able to curb the losses and questioned the public transport body staff for their poor performance.

“The PMPML is facing problems like old and outdated buses. Which led to increase in maintencace and losses. The increase in fuel prices also added to the loss of PMPML,” said Nayana Gunde, chairperson and MD of PMPML, while replying to the elected members.

According to PMC officials, apart from the losses caused due to public transport bod’s problems, the money is also given to compensate for the free passes to Pune Municipal Corporation.