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“This is a fresh tender for a new set of buses which include 500-km capacity buses, long-distance buses, luxury buses, sleeper buses, and regular big buses. These buses will run on day basis and not on kilometre basis,” a KTC official told TOI.
This means that irrespective of the destination of the buses and irrespective of the number of kilometres these buses cover, the KTC will be paying them for the day’s operations.
“This way even if the bus operates 200km or 300km, the rate paid to the winning bidder will be the same. We expect bidders to quote an economical rate for these new buses,” the official said.
The tender for 100 mini-buses, which is in the process of being floated, are expected to be run on kilometer basis.
“We will use both these options – running of per day basis and running on kilometre basis – and observe which one is a more viable option for the corporation,” the official said.
Currently, KTC is prepping for the launch of 30 of its 50 electric vehicles on March 23. The remaining 20 will be delivered to the state next month. Full swing operations of these first batch of buses will commence in Goa from April 1 onwards.
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