BRTS service in Surat likely to start within a month

Surat, 12 July 2013

After Ahmedabad and Rajkot, now Surat will have BRTS service, most probably by first week of August, with five buses on roads in first phase.

Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has given operation and maintenance contract for BRTS buses to Prasanna Pearl Mobility Solution.

As per the tender terms, the contractor had to start the service in 90 days with 20 buses on road in first phase. However the contractor has now submitted a letter to the SMC telling that bus manufacturer company ‘Tata’ is not in capacity to supply desired lot of buses before December 2013, and other companies are not suitable to supply similar quality of buses. In such circumstances the SMC should allow to start BRTS service with 180 HP buses instead of 200 HP prescribed in tender.

Taking this into consideration, the SMC in its standing committee meeting permitted to purchase 1618 make buses instead of 1621 as prescribed in tender. The SMC also decided to give Rs. 1.50 discount in earlier decided rate of Rs. 54.90 per km.

As per the latest decision, the operator shall put 05 buses on roads by 31 July, 25 buses by 25 august and more 10 buses by 31st of December this year.

Earlier reports on same topic: 40 AC buses planned for Surat BRTS

Present status and future of Surat BRTS project ( with pictures )

Surat Municipal Corporation approves Rs 228 crore BRTS project