Nashik civic body's city bus service records highest-ever daily income of Rs 44 lakh in ticket sales

Time of India

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Nashik: The Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd, the transport wing of the Nashik Municipal Corporation, recorded an income of Rs 44 lakh on Aug 12 (Monday) through the sale of tickets, marking the highest daily income since operations began in July 2021.
Over 1.1 lakh passengers travelled by city buses on Aug 12, which was the third Monday of the Shravan month. The previous highest daily earning was Rs 35.4 lakh, recorded on Sept 4, 2023, during the Shravan month that year.
The third Shravan Somwar is a major event that attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees to Trimbakeshwar, home to one of India's 12 Jyotirlingas. Pilgrims from across the country visit the temple and take a holy dip in the Kushawarta kund.
"We deployed more buses on the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar route on the occasion of the third Shravan Somwar on Aug 12, and all the buses that ran on the route were fully occupied. This is the reason the city bus service recorded the highest daily earnings through the sale of tickets with a footfall of 1.14 lakh passengers," said Pradeep Chaudhari, the additional commissioner of NMC and CEO of the NMPML.
NMC took over the city bus service from the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on July 8, 2021, deploying 27 buses on 11 routes with an initial footfall of 5,000 passengers per day and an average daily income of Rs 1.3lakh.
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There has been a significant rise in passenger occupancy over the past four years. The footfall has reached an average of 70,000 passengers per day, and income has increased to an average of Rs 21 lakh per day, according to NMC officials.
Most commuters regularly use the city bus service, with some opting for buses over personal vehicles to reach their workplaces. Additionally, the number of students obtaining bus passes at concessional rates has risen in recent months.
NMPML operates a total of 250 buses across the city through two private agencies on a procure, operate, and maintain basis. In addition to 60 routes, NMC operates city buses in rural areas such as Trimbakeshwar, Pimpalgaon, Sinnar, Ozar, Sayyad Pimpri, Mohadi, Saikheda, and other nearby rural destinations, covering nearly 27 bus terminals, two bus depots, and 1,440 bus stops in both urban and nearby rural areas.
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