TSRTC sets ball rolling on double-decker buses
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Acting on nostalgia of double-decker buses which as soon as plied the town roads, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) had known as for tenders for 25 such buses. While 4 firms engaged in car, or bus physique manufacturing had taken tender kinds, just one has despatched its bid.
The transport juggernaut had issued a discover inviting tenders (NIT) for 25 totally constructed, non-AC, intra-city, double-decker buses, and adhering to BS–VI emission requirements. As part of the NIT, bidders must design, construct, manufacture, check, provide and fee the buses. The pre-bidding was scheduled to be on February 18, and the final day of submitting the bids was February 25.
According to those that are accustomed to latest developments, the 4 firms which had related with the transport juggernaut in reference to the bidding are Eicher, Veera Vahan, M G, and Ashok Leyland. The sources confirmed that solely Ashok Leyland despatched the tender.
The bidders are anticipated to make their submissions in two envelopes — one can be the technical bid and the opposite a monetary bid. So far, the TSRTC has accessed solely the technical bid. “The officials have to first scrutinise the technical bid. Opening the financial bid comes later. We will see what happens as a decision will have to be taken by the top management,” a TSRTC official stated.
Soon after the NIT was introduced, TSRTC officers research potential routes on which these buses might ply. The key components to resolve routes included the absence of obstacles comparable to energy cables, or proximity to constructions of low top, which might hinder the motion of double-decker buses. As such routes comparable to Mehdipatnam to Afzal Gunj have been proposed.
The transfer to re-introduce double-decker buses got here after a Twitter consumer posted a photograph of the bus on Tank Bund. This caught the eye of Information Technology Minister K. T. Rama Rao who quote-tweeted the Twitter consumer, tagging Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar asking him if one thing may very well be achieved about it.
While the transfer was welcomed by many metropolis residents, bus fanatics and a few commerce unionists of the TSRTC have raised considerations about their viability.
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