Patiala a half year into the execution of the Punjab government’s choice to give free transport travel to ladies, Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is yet to get back payments adding up to ₹60 crore for the period.
In the state spending plan introduced in the get together on March 8, the public authority had saved ₹170 crore to subsidize the plan to guarantee convenient installments to the organization. The extent of the plan was extended to cover government understudies also. The public authority had additionally declared that installments will be made each fortnight after the execution on April 1.
“The company has as of now sent bills adding up to ₹60 crore bills over the previous months with state finance office, yet they are yet to be cleared,” said a PRTC official, who didn’t wish to be named. Authorities added that they are guaranteeing that the bills are sent on schedule, and the postponement in getting the assets was odd.
Nirmal Singh Dhaliwal, convener, PRTC-connected worker’s organizations, said the public authority had vowed to authorize subsidizes each fortnight, yet had neglected to clear bills in the course of recent months. “Rather than making late installments to the partnership, the public authority should give the necessary sum ahead of time,” he said.
The partnership runs transports from nine terminals in Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Chandigarh, Patiala, Bathinda, Budhlada, Barnala, Faridkot and Sangrur. “It spends around ₹65 lakh daily on diesel for running its full armada of 1,073 transports. The public authority should guarantee that the bills are cleared on time so the organization doesn’t confront any monetary crunch,” said Dhaliwal. PRTC overseeing chief Parneet Shergill says she had joined as of late, but then to investigate the matter.
