- By Shubham Bajpai
- Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:11 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) in the Assembly, highlighted operational inefficiencies and financial losses, leading to criticism of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
The report evaluates DTC's key operational and financial aspects, pointing to inefficiencies and areas needing improvement. It examines fleet management, revenue generation, operational sustainability, and adherence to public transport policies.
Here are the key points of the CAG report:
- As per the report, the DTC’s losses increased by Rs 35,000 crore between 2015-16 to 2021-22. In 2015-16, it was Rs 25,300 crore which spiked to nearly Rs 60,750 crore in 2021-22.
- The audit pointed out that the corporation failed to curb financial losses, achieve profitability, and modernize its fare collection and security infrastructure.
- The CAG report states that there was an absence of a Business Plan or Perspective Plan
- Despite the aging fleet, there were delays in bus procurement.
- The fleet utilization and productivity were low.
- The route planning was inefficient, with a non-functional Automatic Fare Collection System, and non-recovery of dues.
- The bus fleet decreased between 2015 and 2023. In 2015-16, the DTC’s fleet was 4,344 buses which reduced to 3,937 buses in 2022-23.
- Despite having sufficient funds, the corporation procured only 300 electric buses in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Apart from the delay in adding electric buses, a penalty amounting to Rs 29.86 crore for delayed delivery was also not imposed on the operators.
- Overaged buses also increased in numbers as in 2015-16, there were only 5 overaged buses (0.17 per cent), which spiked to 1,770 (44.96 per cent), by March 31, 2023.