MINUTES OF THE OPEN FORUM MEETING ON TRANSPORT HELD ON AUGUST 23, 2015.
MINUTES
OF THE OPEN FORUM MEETING ON TRANSPORT HELD ON AUGUST 23, 2015.
1. The
meeting which was primarily held to review the new transport arrangements post
SGM and have suggestions from actual users of the system, was well attended by
65 members. A background paper was distributed to all giving all details of the
transport service.
2. At
the outset, the Chairman informed the members of the logistics, 740 people from
Saket and 100 from outside Saket and Towers had availed of the service, against
the estimated 1000 people we expected.
3. Mr.
Jaywant, Sunil Shinde, AshimDasgupta, Mrs. SandhyaKarnik, VijiIyer, Manish
Barua, AhesaanVohra, HemantHajare, Samir Adhikari, ChanchalChatterjee, Jitendra
Bade, Mr. Torgalmath - all participated
in the discussions. They pointed out lacunae in the time table, need to
reintroduce the Sumo service, their opinion on the City Bus, how to increase
members etc.
4. A
major decision was taken to review the transport scene every quarter and if it
is running in a loss, then a supplementary bill to be raised on all members of
the service and the loss to be recouped. If it is in surplus, then the rates to
be revised accordingly.
5. The
transport contractor’s base price was raised by Rs. 2/- per km.
6. Coupons
to be introduced at the earliest.
7. Efforts
to be made to reintroduce the Sumo system at the earliest with only 6 people to
travel in it at a time.
8. The
Bus time table should be suitably reviewed to reduce the gap to 10 minutes
during peak hours.
9. The
meeting ended with chanting of the National Anthem.
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