Eye Candy

Nah... I am not writing any page 3 article here. This one is all about flashy red buses(VOLVO) which roam around in the city of Bangalore.

During my recent trip, I got an opportunity to talk to one of the conductor of VOLVO city bus. My conversation started with asking about daily collections and break even of operating VOLVO bus in the city.

For my surprise he has given me the facts as mentioned below;

• Mileage per Litre of Diesel: 1.65 Km
• Cost of Operation per Shift: Rs.5200/-
• Revenue per shift: Rs.3500/- to Rs 4000/- (these days)
• Each bus will operate in two shifts per day and the loss amount will be: Rs. 1200/- * 2 shifts = Rs. 2400/- (on a lower side)
• There are 350 VOLVO buses run in Bangalore city as of now, generating a loss of Rs.840000/- per day.

This not an end of the story, during the period of Ex CM Mr.S M Krishna. He has ordered 1500 buses for BMTC alone as a part of the scheme “Bangalorenna Singaporagisona”. Still 1150 buses yet to come on the road, just imagine what will be the financial situation of BMTC. What a visionary Mr.Krishna is, without developing basic infrastructure he has ordered 1500 VOLVO buses.

VOLVO buses: literally an eye candy.