BRTC buses
There are so many routes in which the BRTC buses are not allowed to ply which is detrimental to BRTC and its operation. Thanks to the chairman of BRTC for giving an idea of BRTC's financial position. We criticise the public sector enterprises (PSE) often for their poor service without taking into consideration the conditions and environment under which these public sector enterprises operate.
Those who criticise and advocate its privatisation fail to take into account the reasons for setting up these PSEs in the first place, which is-public interest. We request the chairman of BRTC to arrange disposal of 100 or so buses dumped from the eighties through public auction. The space so freed can be made use of for other purposes and the maintenance cost that is incurred recurrently will be saved. Regular auction of the inoperative assets should be made to earn. operative assets. The nation waits to see the PSEs profitable, not disinvested. Privatisation frustrates the basic philosophy on which these public enterprises were established.
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