Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, July 27: To streamline the functioning of the department State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) has decided to start electronic ticketing soon.
According to official sources, the department in the meeting has approved the proposal for computerized ticketing. With the start of computerized tickets the work load on accounts section will also reduced.
Sources disclosed that the department has facing heavy losses worth thousands of rupees daily on account of ticket revenue.
Sources revealed that the one year ago project was announced, but still the work has not been started reason best known to the concern officials.
Sources added that there are many people inside the department who slowly ingesting like termites, but by introducing ticketing through computer all the accounts work has been smoothened and without any error.
“About 529 buses and 310 trucks are moving by SRTC department at this time, and very soon the department will starts some more transport busses” said a insider.
He added that the condition of the buses running on the national highway of Jammu and Kashmir is also not good.
When contacted Managing Director, SRTC Jagmohan Singh Tandon said that the service for e- tickets will be introduced soon. “After our counterparts in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh succeeded in plugging the pilferage of ticket revenue, we prepared a similar project which was approved by the Transport Minister.
According to official sources, the department in the meeting has approved the proposal for computerized ticketing. With the start of computerized tickets the work load on accounts section will also reduced.
Sources disclosed that the department has facing heavy losses worth thousands of rupees daily on account of ticket revenue.
Sources revealed that the one year ago project was announced, but still the work has not been started reason best known to the concern officials.
Sources added that there are many people inside the department who slowly ingesting like termites, but by introducing ticketing through computer all the accounts work has been smoothened and without any error.
“About 529 buses and 310 trucks are moving by SRTC department at this time, and very soon the department will starts some more transport busses” said a insider.
He added that the condition of the buses running on the national highway of Jammu and Kashmir is also not good.
When contacted Managing Director, SRTC Jagmohan Singh Tandon said that the service for e- tickets will be introduced soon. “After our counterparts in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh succeeded in plugging the pilferage of ticket revenue, we prepared a similar project which was approved by the Transport Minister.
He further said that it is a big project which covers the entire state, so it takes time to start functioning.
“As the said proposal is in first phase and the department has given the job to some company for completing work” added Tandon.
The electronic ticketing machines would also decrease the workload. “For getting the details of the total sale of tickets and the amount collected, every machine will be connected to a computer in the evening, which will provide the bifurcated details of the amount collected and the tax. It will also save a lot of time and energy, which will help us,” said Tandon, adding that the conductors would also be given training before issuing the computerized tickets.
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