365telugu.com online news,Telangana,september 20th,2021: The Chairman in a press meet said that he is very happy that he is taking the responsibility as TSRTC Chairman and he is grateful to Honourable Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao for giving him a chance to serve the people as TSRTC Chairman. He said he will give his best to fulfill the responsibilities given to him in the best possible way.Chairman said, coming to this prestigious organization, said it is a great organization which has faced many ups and downs and service to the passengers is the most important priority.
On one side the prices of diesel are going up and because of unforeseen pandemic conditions like Covid-19 TSRTC is facing tough time and it is still serving the common man.During Covid-19,the corporation has incurred
Rs.2,500 crores loss, if you see the revenue and expenditure of the organization before Corona it used to earn Rs.13 crores everyday, but now we have a revenue of Rs.10 crores. Our expenditure is Rs.18 crores and thus we are able to see the losses. To overcome these losses in these tough times the corporation is slowly finding ways to come out of these unforeseen huge losses.
During these tough times the Telangana government has come forward to support the corporation by keeping Rs.3,000 crores in the budget. With these funds in this financial year, I feel that paying salaries to our employees will not be a issue. In this situation the Chairman gave a message to the employees and people that we all should work as a team and own the corporation to come out with better results. In this endeavour peoples co-operation is a must.
Chairman said by using public transport the organization will improve considerably and at the same time better services can be provided to the commuters, by travelling in TSRTC buses pollution can be reduced and also expenditure on the vehicles they are using and at the same time traffic jams can be reduced on roads. Everyday we are hearing the news that there are road accidents, by usage of private vehicles.
TSRTC drivers are known for safe travel and it is pertinent to note that accident rate is the lowest in TSRTC which is a commendable achievement. Hence,by travelling in TSRTC buses we can reduce road accidents.Chairman said that recently, a young, dynamic M.D. Sri V.C.Sajjanar, IPS has been posted by the government which is a very good sign and said that M.D.’s thinking style, continuous hardwork and his dynamic decisions will take the organization forward. He said we should explore the ways of increasing
non-operational revenue and reduce our expenditure, then we can see the progress of the organization.
He said that he has complete confidence that he will do justice to the responsibilities given to him. The Chairman also said that he will take all steps to get back the past glory. He said that he will examine the recently started Cargo & Parcel Services, start of petrol bunks and other areas of non-operational revenues and explore ways of increasing revenue.The Chairman said that he will do his best to ensure welfare of employees as it will be his primary concern and he expressed special thanks to Honourable Chief Minister Sri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao for supporting the organization financially in the tough times.
The Chairman said that he will strive hard to provide better facilities to the passengers in the bus stations and put all efforts, get funds from M.Ps., Ministers, etc. The Chairman also said that he will prepare a systematic plan so that the TSRTC becomes self-reliant. He said that with dynamic M.D. Sri V.C.Sajjanar, experienced Executive Directors, sincere employees combined team work and with support and guidance of Honourable Chief Minister and the government he expect that TSRTC will retain its past
glory.
The Chairman made special mention to his TSRTC extended family of officers, supervisors,drivers, conductors, mechanics and shramiks who in tough covid times worked as frontline warriors and kept their lives in risk to transport employees of different departments, medicines, transportation of oxygen cylinders and other essential items.The Chairman lastly said that with extraordinary human resources in TSRTC which has taken many national awards and which is having a great background working as a Chairman makes him feel proud.