Posted on July 2, 2008 - by rdilipk1

The DTC revolution

The Delhi Transport Corporation is finally going through a renovation. The baking oven kind of buses are now bein replaced with cooler buses.’, ‘

The Delhi Transport Corporation is said to be the largest bus network in Asia. But the condition in which this transport system was maintained did not live upto this. A travel in one of the DTC buses was a nightmare but a lesser one as compared to the privately owned and run ”Blueline” buses.

A shabby conductor sitting in one corner of a hot baking oven, with less or, no interest in handing over a ticket to the commuter is a normal scenario. The driver would not bother to stop the bus even at bus stops where there is a long queue of people waiting to board the bus. As far as the buses were concerned there maintenence was worth appreciating.

Once, I was standing next to a DTC bus when i was accidently pushed by a passer-by and I fell over to the side of the bus. The metal body of the bus was in such a shape that I ended up getting a couple of stitches in my arm. No bus was without a torn body. A travel in one of these buses which were the so-called ”Lifeline” of Delhi transport was nothing less than a horrifying dream. Add to it the hot summers in Delhi, when you de-board the baking oven you would be smelling sweat, rather a mixture of sweat, your and your co-passengers.

The time is now changing for the Delhi Transport Corporation. After the introduction of the beautiful green low-floor buses which were a respite to the commuters, DTC has now introduced a few A/C buses. red in color, elegantly designed these buses would be a respite from the humid summers in Delhi. Kudos to the Delhi government.