BMTC gets Rs 200 cr support from govt

NT Correspondent

Across the country, public transport corporations are reeling under losses during the pandemic and BMTC is one among them which is struggling since COVID outbreak due to less occupancy. Now the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has received financial support from the state government. It is said that the government has released Rs 200 crore towards the payments of various areas including PF, death benefits of the employees and pending bills of various suppliers.

According to the reports, in recent months, four corporations of the state like KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC have requested Rs 975 crores to pay salaries for the months of April and May, and also June in which Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has sought Rs 305.28 crore, while Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) for Rs 295.86 crore. The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) and North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) have sought Rs199.26 crore and Rs 174.60 crore, respectively. BMTC which is running only 5,000 plus buses out of its fleet of around 6,500. The number of routes and schedules are also much lesser than preCOVID levels.