Before taking the BMTC project forward we should have a list of queries ready. A list of questions for BMTC RTIs are given below. Lets finalize the list and get going.
Query | Why do we need this data? | Filed By | Filed On | Comments | ||||
A. Fleet Details - General | ||||||||
A.1 | Total number of Buses that are currently under operation | 5441 | ||||||
A.2 | Total Number of buses that are used for regular schedule | |||||||
A.3 | Total number of buses available and used for non-regular schedule like daily contract to private companies, special Sevices, etc. | |||||||
A.4 | What are the different Categories of buses operated by BATCH (Vera, Pushpin…)? | Pushpak Parisara Vahini Vayuvajra and Survarna Curitiba Red Board Black Board |
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A.5 | Number of buses in each of these categories? | |||||||
A.6 | Total number of buses tracked by GPS systems. | |||||||
A.7 | Average age of buses (category wise) | |||||||
A.8 | Average running cost (category wise). | |||||||
A.9 | Average mileage of the vehicles (category wise). | |||||||
A.10 | Monthly wise fuel expenditure for the last 24 months. | |||||||
B. Fleet Details - Maintenance | ||||||||
B.1 | Number of buses on regular maintenance (category wise?) on daily and monthly Basis | |||||||
B.2 | Average maintenance cost per Bus in each category. | |||||||
B.3 | Average time taken for the maintenance of each bus | |||||||
Average turn around time for each Bus | ||||||||
B.4 | Annual Budget for Maintennance | |||||||
C. Fleet Details - Breakdowns | ||||||||
C.1 | Average number of breakdowns | 2153 | ||||||
C.2 | In last 3 years, average cost of all the breakdowns | |||||||
C.3 | Top 10 causes of the Breakdowns | |||||||
C.4 | Average cost of each of the breakdowns | |||||||
C.5 | Average Turn around time for repairs and breakdowns | |||||||
D. Staffing Details | ||||||||
C.1 | Total number of the Employees at BMTC - Both Permanent and Temporary | 20473 | ||||||
C.2 | List of all Employee cadre with designations and number of elpmoyees in each cadre, including management personnel upto CMD. | |||||||
C.3 | Total number drivers cum conductors (in some buses the driver himself issues the tickets - horrible idea - holds up the traffic unnecessarily - additional pressure on drivers). | Drivers (7489) conductors (5775) Driver / Conductors (3610) Maintenance staff (2107) administrative staff and others (1492) |
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D. Training and Safety Education | ||||||||
D.1 | Details of all the training programs (to whom the training program targeted, number of attendees, duration of the training) conducted for the staff during the last financial year. | |||||||
D.2 | Total expenditure incurred on the bove training | |||||||
D.3 | Total number of safefty awareness program or training sessions conducted in last one yearbove training | |||||||
D.4 | Total expenditure incurred on the above safety awareness training session. | |||||||
D.5 | Does BMTC have any process or procedure to evaluate the drivers, conductors for their physical fitness and skill set to operate the buses. | |||||||
D.6 | Copy of training manual and safety instructions | |||||||
E. Revenue and Expenditure Details (including earnings from non transportation operations) | ||||||||
E.1 | Audited balance sheet for the last financial year. | |||||||
E.2 | Total Monthly revenues | |||||||
E.3 | Total Monthly Expenditure | |||||||
E.4 | Total revenue earned by each category of the Bus Service like VV, KS< BIG-10, ..etc | |||||||
E.5 | Total # of monthly passed issued and the revenues generated from these monthly passes (category wise for the last 12 months - there are different categories of passes). | 2.36 lakhs passes in total | ||||||
E.6 | Total # of daily passed issued and the revenues generated from these daily passes (category wise for the last 12 months - there are different categories of passes). | 1.82 lakhs passes daily | ||||||
E.7 | Total revenues generated from advertising (on buses, in BMTC operated bus stations, etc). | |||||||
E.8 | Total ridership and revenue earned on top 10 longest routes | |||||||
E.9 | Total ridership and revenue earned on circular routes | |||||||
F. Contract Service to private companies. | ||||||||
F.1 | Number of buses used for private company (IT Parks) transportation (Name of company/IT park, number of buses, total number of trips operated daily, number of buses deployed - category wise). | |||||||
F.2 | Total number of buses that are dedicated for the Contract service to private companies. | |||||||
F.3 | Total number of Regular schedule buses that are used for the Contract service to private companies. | |||||||
F.4 | Most common timings during which these services are run. | |||||||
F.5 | List of all the routes/areas that these service covers | |||||||
F.6 | Total revenues earned from these servcies (montly wise for the last 12 months). | |||||||
F.7 | Total ridership in this buses in each trip - Morning, Evening trips. | |||||||
F.8 | Yearly growth in the number of buses deployed for these service over the past 5 years. | |||||||
F.9 | Total number of Vayu Vajras operating. | 69 Vayuvajra and Suvarna | ||||||
F.10 | Average monthly revenues generated from Vayu Vajra service (data for last 6 months). | |||||||
F.11 | Average monthly running and mainteance cost of Vayu Vajras (data for last 6 months). What is the estimated revenue per month needed to breakeven on the Vayu Vajra services. | |||||||
G. Planning and Schedule | ||||||||
G.1 | Total number of routes operated by BMTC, parameters used while evaluating these, scope for improving the system, initiatives taken in this direction | 5247 schedules | ||||||
G.2 | Process of adding or approving new routes. For last ten routes added, details of the process followed along with the justification or reasons. | |||||||
G.3 | Routing models practised at BMTC - Is this done in consultation with a planning body, if not how is this currently managed? | |||||||
G.4 | Time management while conducting day to day operations. Are the authorities strict about adherence to schedules. If yes, how and by whom are these managed and monitored? | |||||||
G.5 | Process followed for numbering new routes | |||||||
H. Bus Stops | ||||||||
H.1 | Last ten bus shelters moved or shifted by BMTC or BBMP, what were the grounds for moving them. | |||||||
H.2 | What is process or procedure followed in adding a new Bus stop. | |||||||
I. Accidents and insurance | ||||||||
Bus to accident ratio. | No. of Accidents: 462 Rate of Accidents/Lakh Kms.: 0.15 |
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I.1 | Route to accident ratio, and the route with most accidents. | |||||||
I.2 | Total amount paid by BMTC towards insurancing its buses | |||||||
I.3 | Number of insurance claims filed by BMTC per month | |||||||
I.4 | # of incidents in which action is taken against BMTC staff for the accidents or public complaint. | |||||||
J. Misscellaneous | ||||||||
J.1 | Details of all BMTC owned/operated property lent/leased to non BMTC entities (name and address to whom the property has been lent/leased, location, area, annual rent/lease). | |||||||
J.2 | Details of revenues generated from BMTC owned/operated/leased parking areas (including details of location, parking area, parking contractor, lease details). |