Uttarakhand : Transport Minister Yashpal Arya held a meeting with the officials of the Transport Department

Instructions to make every effort to get the Transport Corporation out of losses

Dehradun : State Transport Minister Yashpal Arya reviewed the meeting with the departmental officers related to the Transport Department in the Vidhan Sabha Hall. In the meeting, instructions were given to make all possible efforts to bring out the Transport Corporation from the losses. In this regard, emphasizing on collective efforts, instructions have been given to cut expenditure for savings and try to increase income, so that the benefit of salary allowance can be given on time. Instructions were given to hold a meeting regarding the amount of departmental assistance to be given on the death of employees, drivers, operators etc. of the corporation due to Kovid. Expressed dissatisfaction over not doing strong advocacy in respect of assets received by Uttarakhand Transport Corporation from Uttar Pradesh Transport Corporation. Directed to resolve the property dispute between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to Transport Department through mutual coordination and dialogue. Instructions were given to do effective work in this regard. Instructions were given to conduct the auction of the scrap collected under the Transport Corporation in time. Instructions were given to prepare an action plan to repay the 175 crore loan taken by the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation from the bank. In the meeting, instructions were given to discourage the tendency of taking loans and to cut expenses, improve operations, take strict action against the operators who are traveling without tickets. Apart from this, instructions were given to restructure the structure of the corporation and take decisions regarding the interests of the employees, so that the full potential of the employees could be utilized. In order to improve the condition of the corporation, instructions were given to take immediate action regarding the installation of CNG kit in place of diesel in the buses. In the meeting, information was taken regarding shifting of the old workshop located at Haridwar Road to the proposed workshop in Transport Nagar. It was told in the meeting that for this an amount of about Rs 2 crore would be required for construction work, which would be completed within six months. Instructions were given for the preparation of DPR for the demand of funds from the said amount. In the meeting, the Secretary Transport was instructed to release the necessary funds for the building under construction without delay. On this occasion, Secretary Transport Ranjit Sinha, Additional Secretary Anand Srivastava, MD Transport Abhishek Rohila, General Manager Uttarakhand Transport Corporation Deepak Jain, Assistant Engineer Uttarakhand Transport Corporation Pramod Kumar Dixit, Deputy Secretary Transport Ashutosh Shukla etc., and other departmental officers were present in the meeting. Were.