Bombay to Have • 3,500 Buses
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DomBAy will have one of the largest LP bus fleets in the world when, this year, 1,500 vehicles from Canada are added to the Bombay State Road Transport Corporation's existing fleet of 2,000 buses. The new vehicles are to be bought by the Government of India, which will in turn sell them to the corporation.
Fifty double-deckers are also to be bought by the corporation.
The Government has a one-third share of Rs.20m. in the corporation and has made a provision of Rs.5m, for investment in road services in 1952-53. Rail-associated road transport undertakings are at present operating in the States of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Orissa.
The railways have made the following investments in these undertakings :—Bombay State Road Transport Corporation, Rs,20m.; C.P. Transport Service, Ltd., Madhya Pradesh, Rs.966,000; Provincial Transport Co., Ltd., Madhya Pradesh, Rs.721.800; Kalu Valley Transport, Ltd., Punjab, Rs.I40,000; and Orissa Road Transport Co, Rs300,000.
The Governments of the following States are running road transport services on varying scales :—Assam, Bihar, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat, Mysore, Rajastan, Saurashtra. Travancore-Cochin. Kutch, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur, Manipur and Delhi.
STATE BUS PROFIT Rs.lim.
PROFITS earned by the State-owned transport services in 1951-52 had been extraordinarily good, said the Madras Minister of Transport in the State Assembly recently. The Government bus service made a profit of Rs.1m., the automobile factory Rs.200,000, and ' the coachbuilding factory Rs.100,000.
The Minister added that the Government had no intention of extending nationalization to the rural areas.
WEAVER RUNS "SAFETY LANE"
AS part of Salford's road-safety week which ends to-morrow, the Weaver Manufacturing and Engineering Co., Ltd., is operating a "safety lane" in conjunction with the local police. Drivers have been invited to take advantage of the free tests which are available. These are being supervised by company representatives and the police, but it is stressed that prosecutions will not be brought if major defects to vehicles be detected.
This safety lane is run on lines similar to those in America and is said to be the first in this country operated in conjunction with local authorities. Tests are carried out on theefficiency of brakes, steering gear and headlamps, and the track alignment of vehicles. The brake tester used measures the braking effort developed by each brake in bringing the vehicle to a halt.