Farrukhabad: You’ll get to see a brand new image of UP Roadways within the bus station right here. You’ll be shocked to know that 1100 passengers return right here with out touring on daily basis. In spite of everything, what’s the complete matter behind this and what’s the cause for this, let’s know additional.
Farrukhabad district is likely one of the vital bus stations of UP Roadways. Numerous passengers attain right here on daily basis for journey. At current, this depot has 131 buses. On this, 102 buses are of UP Roadways and 29 buses are contracted. Buses run from right here to many districts together with Lucknow, Kanpur, Kannauj, Auraiya, Etawah. Being an vital industrial district, numerous folks journey right here by buses on daily basis. About 1100 passengers return from right here on daily basis with out touring within the bus.
In truth, there’s a big scarcity of workers in Farrukhabad depot. At current, the scarcity of drivers and conductors is troubling this depot loads. Concerning this, the depot has demanded 107 conductors from the federal government. Within the letter despatched to the federal government, it has been talked about that on account of lack of workers, 20 buses working on routes of 200 kilometers are standing within the depot itself. These buses aren’t capable of run in any respect. Together with this, the massive income loss to the roadways on daily basis has additionally been cited. On a median, the roadways earns about 15 thousand rupees from one bus. Because of 20 buses standing idle, the depot is dropping income of about three lakh rupees on daily basis.