Aam Aadmi Party opposed the tender process set by the AiCTSL (Atal Indore City Transport Service Limited) to run a new city bus in the commissioner's office on Thursday. The party members said that the way the new tender process has been made, it seems extremely flawed.
“In the tender process, in addition to 40% subsidy under the Center's AMRUT scheme, there is a rule to pay minimum 200 km per day to operators, which will cause double loss to the government and double benefit to the operators,” the complaint filed at commissioner’s office said.
Further it said, that contrary to the spirit of decentralization, the conditions have been determined in such a way that a single operator can operate all 400 buses.
“In the previous system, the operator has to operate buses from the passenger fare, while in the new system, payment of minimum 200 km seems to be made keeping in mind the interests of the operators, ignoring the interests of the government and the taxpayer,” the complaint said.
Further, quoting the problems in revenue model too, the complaint said that the rules of poor bank guarantee have been made in such a way that there is a possibility of the revenue collection agency running away.
“If the agency breaks even its contract, the minimum 200 km will be paid by the government, even if the buses are standing,” the complaint said.
Manoj Yadav, Chanchal Gupta, Sumit Jaju, Saeed Bhai, Hemant Ahuja, Ajay Singh and Piyush Joshi have signed the complaint and demanded to stop the tender process.
AiCTSL says…
“There is nothing wrong in the tender. The tender is not limited to Indore. Similar tenders have been floated in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and other cities. These tenders have been taken out only after the approval of state government.”
Sandeep Soni
Chief executive officer
AiCTSL
“In the tender process, in addition to 40% subsidy under the Center's AMRUT scheme, there is a rule to pay minimum 200 km per day to operators, which will cause double loss to the government and double benefit to the operators,” the complaint filed at commissioner’s office said.
Further it said, that contrary to the spirit of decentralization, the conditions have been determined in such a way that a single operator can operate all 400 buses.
“In the previous system, the operator has to operate buses from the passenger fare, while in the new system, payment of minimum 200 km seems to be made keeping in mind the interests of the operators, ignoring the interests of the government and the taxpayer,” the complaint said.
Further, quoting the problems in revenue model too, the complaint said that the rules of poor bank guarantee have been made in such a way that there is a possibility of the revenue collection agency running away.
“If the agency breaks even its contract, the minimum 200 km will be paid by the government, even if the buses are standing,” the complaint said.
Manoj Yadav, Chanchal Gupta, Sumit Jaju, Saeed Bhai, Hemant Ahuja, Ajay Singh and Piyush Joshi have signed the complaint and demanded to stop the tender process.
AiCTSL says…
“There is nothing wrong in the tender. The tender is not limited to Indore. Similar tenders have been floated in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and other cities. These tenders have been taken out only after the approval of state government.”
Sandeep Soni
Chief executive officer
AiCTSL