While we await, we continue to remain willing and happy to engage in conversation with these relevant authorities, about the product and maintenance to ensure it offers satisfactory performance," Pisharody said.įormer transport minister R Ashok of the BJP in November 2008 pre sented the air-conditioned buses as a Rajyotsava gift to Bengalureans. "In this specific case, we have constantly requested for operational de tails from the relevant authorities, so as to understand all issues and suggest possible solutions and remedies around our buses, their maintenance and losses incurred. "These buses were supplied to BMTC KSRTC to their specifications and had met all acceptance criteria during various BMTC inspections," Ravi Pisharody, executive director, commercial vehicles, Tata Motors, said in an email. Tata Motors said the buses were delivered as per the state's specification. Reddy said the government scrapped the buses because it couldn't find buyers. ET couldn't ascertain if the state's contract with Tata Marcopolo included terms for a refund or replacement. The state has also sought refunds for 44 Tata Marcopolo buses bought for Mysuru, he said.
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The state government and BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation) have decided not to purchase any buses without trial runs," Reddy said. "I have written to both the companies to refund the amount or provide good quality buses to replace these.
The government has asked SR Umashankar, secretary, finance department (expenditure), to conduct an inquiry into the purchase of the buses, he said. 27 on each bus, so we have scrapped all the buses to stop another Rs 60 crore loss," Reddy told ET. "For every one kilometre, the (transport corporation) incurred a loss of Rs. Transport minister R Ramalinga Reddy said his department wrote to the joint venture partners after the state incurred an overall loss of about Rs 70 crore in running 98 Tata Marcopolo buses.
BENGALURU: After several years of running polluting, noisy, fuel-guzzling buses with poor air-conditioning on the city's roads, the Karnataka government has asked Tata Motors and Brazil's Marcopolo to refund the Rs 30 crore it paid to purchase their vehicles.
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