Summary:
The public transport services have to be adequate to derive those benefits. “…the Corporation did not achieve the target fixed by Government of Gujarat in any of the years from 2012-13 yo 2016-17. The GSRTC was established on May 1, 1960 and is “mandated to provide an efficient, adequate, economical and properly co-ordinated road transport service”. Although, the population of Gujarat has increased from 6.27 crore in 2012-13 to 6.71 crore in 2016-17, the passengers carried by Gujarat government’s main public transport company — Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) — recorded a decrease in passengers carried from 8,410.60 lakh to 7,887.10 lakh for the same years. The CAG report stated, “The fleet strength reduced from 8062 buses at the end of 2012-13 to 7603 buses at the end of 2016-17..