Free Transportation Costs Rs 10 Million per Month

11 years ago - 8 November 2013, lexpress.mu

At issue: the rising price of bus tickets. This is what led the government to spend an additional sum of Rs 10 million per month compared to free transport. Besides Rs 3 million more monthly reserved for transportation allowances to civil servants.

With the rising bus ticket, revenues transport companies increased by 7%. So said Anil Bachoo, Minister of Public Infrastructure in Parliament Tuesday, October 22, the state spends Rs 10 million more for free transporting.

However, the minister said that this increase will not be enough for the bus owners meet the cost of the wage revision of employees in the transport sector. This is also a result of the wage revision of 19% that the government has decided to increase the price of the bus ticket.

Anil Bachoo also announced that apart from the national transport company - which had a deficit of Rs 12 million since the beginning of the year - the other three companies are in the same situation: United Bus Services (Rs 4.8 million) , Triolet Bus Service (Rs 13.5 million) andRose-Hill Transport (Rs 13.7 million). Given this announcement, the opposition members reminded the Minister that it is illegal operators who are responsible for this situation.