Trying to strengthen public transport, revive DTC: CM

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said her government was trying to revive the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which has mounting losses of ₹97,000 crore. Addressing a BJP workers’ meeting in Rohini, the CM said that the Delhi government aims to strengthen public transport by increasing the number of e-buses in the city to 11,000 in the coming years. “In the last 10 months, we have tried to revive the DTC. The previous government in Delhi handed over the entire operations of DTC to Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System,” she said.

This threw the DTC into crisis and forced DTC drivers and conductors to sit idle, she added.

“But we are gradually rectifying it by solving various issues, including payment of pensions. The bus operations have been taken away from the DIMTS and now the DTC will operate them,” Ms. Gupta said.

The government is working to convert all public transport buses to e-buses. Currently, there are 5,500 buses, she said.

“Our target is to raise the number of buses to 7,500 by the end of this year and further increase to 11,000 in the next two years,” the CM said.