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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with a replica of the CAG report.
It discovered that the general public transporter’s liabilities bumped up from ₹28,263 crore in 2015-16 to ₹65,274 crore in 2021-22, throughout which it incurred whole operational losses of ₹14,198.86 crore.
The report, the third of the 14 CAG reviews regarding the earlier Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) authorities’s functioning to be tabled within the Home, set off a disagreement between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) and the Opposition AAP.
Ms. Gupta stated her authorities will quickly launch a White Paper on the earlier authorities’s tenure. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva stated, “Each CAG report exposes a brand new rip-off of the [former] Arvind Kejriwal authorities. Immediately’s report has uncovered the DTC rip-off, for which former AAP Ministers are accountable.”
In response, AAP stated the report had not revealed any “rip-off or corruption” within the DTC. “The report proves that the AAP authorities ensured inexpensive public transport by stopping fare hikes for 10 years and offering free journey for ladies,” it added.
The earlier CAG reviews — on public well being infrastructure and administration of well being companies, and the now-scrapped excise coverage for 2021-22 — had been tabled within the Meeting final month.
The audit report on the DTC said that from 2015 to 2023, the general public transporter’s fleet energy lowered from 4,344 to three,937. CAG noticed that the earlier authorities underutilised the funds meant to acquire electrical buses.
“There was a delay within the addition of EBs (electrical buses) within the fleet for which a penalty of ₹29.86 crore for delayed deliveries was not imposed on the operators,” it stated.
Furthermore, the variety of low-floor overage buses within the DTC as a proportion of its whole fleet energy shot up from 0.13% (5 buses) in 2015-16 to 44.96% (1,770) by March 31, 2023, said the report.
“The transporter was working on 57% (468) out of a complete of 814 routes as of March 31, 2022, and was unable to get better its operational price on any of the routes,” it stated, including that frequent breakdowns price the DTC ₹660.60 crore through the six-year audit interval.
It highlighted among the public transporter’s initiatives which have missed deadlines or are at the moment dysfunctional. This consists of the primary section of the automated fare assortment system, which was commissioned in December 2017 however has not been purposeful since Could 2020. One other such challenge pertains to the set up of CCTVs in buses.
“The CCTV system was put in and commissioned in 3,697 buses in March 2021, and ₹52.45 crore was paid to a contractor” regardless of it not being absolutely purposeful as of Could 2023, it added.
Revealed – March 25, 2025 01:10 am IST
