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MSRTC is the second largest Corporation in the Transport Sector. ME Department is the main important faculty operating and maintaining fleet of about 16,000 buses and making them available for operation throughout Maharashtra. This Department works on two fragments viz. production and operation and for this purpose it has got network of depots, Divisional Workshops. New buses are built at the 3 Central Workshops i.e. Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur. As mentioned, for production of new buses and maintenance of buses, ME Department has got 3 tier system i.e. Central Workshops, Divisional Workshops and depots. The organizational structure of ME Department is attached at Annexure 'A'.
New bus body building and chassis purchase.
ME Department purchase chassis and construct new bus bodies at the 3 Central Workshops as per the requirement of the Traffic Department. The bus bodies constructed are of ordinary and Semi Luxury type. The overall capacity of the construction of new bus body is about 1836 buses per annum. The Central Workshopwise capacity and man hours prescribed are as follows..
| Sr.No. |
Central Workshop |
Man hours prescribed per bus |
Production capacity per annum |
| 1. |
Pune |
1150 |
756 |
| 2. |
Aurangabad |
1122 |
720 |
| 3. |
Nagpur |
1112 |
360 |
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Total |
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1836 |
Further, the Central Workshops are also equipped with repairs, calibration and reconditioning of engine and FI Pumps.
ME Department have framed maintenance policy based on the recommendations of chassis manufacturers. This policy is called as Vehicle Maintenance Policy describing GSO no. 1125. ME Department is having 32 Divisional Workshops located at the Divisional Headquarters wherein vehicle maintenance is carried out as follows..
Six monthly docking.
RTO passing.
Assembly overhauling.
Accident Repairs.
These Divisional Workshops are attached with unit of Divisional reconditioning unit wherein the complete reconditioning of the bus at the prescribed age (After 3 years, 5 years and 7 years of the bus life) is carried out.
Depot Workshops.
ME Department is having 248 Depot Workshops for daily maintenance and running repairs of the buses. The main jobs carried out are as follows.
Daily Maintenance.
Decadely Maintenance.
Engine Oil Change.
By-Monthly Docking.
Running repairs.
These Depot Workshops are equipped with sub stores for making various spare parts material available required for above repairs.
Tyre Retreading Plants.
ME Department is controlling 9 Tyre Retreading Plants wherein the retreading and service repairs of tyres by precured process is carried out in order to provide required no. of rtd. tyres for the division. The TRPs are situated at C.W.Pune, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nanded, Jalgaon, Nashik, Latur, Amravati and Ratnagiri.
Mechanical Performance.
ME Department is continuously monitoring the mechanical performances of all the passenger buses and keeping them in healthy condition by way of continuous technical observation, technical innovations, training to the mechanical staff and introduction of modern equipments. Because of these all out efforts ME Department could achieve better performances in respect of fuel efficiency, consumption of new tyres etc. as follows.
| Sr.No. |
Particulars |
Performance of 2005-06 |
Target for 2006-07 |
| 1. |
KPTL |
48.93 |
52.00 |
| 2. |
%Fleet Utilisation |
93.16 |
95.00 |
| 3. |
Spring Consumption per lakh kms. (In Kg.) |
170 |
130 |
| 4. |
Consumption of new tyre per lakh kms. |
3.67 |
3.95 |
| 5. |
%Rtd. of new tyres |
98.32 |
99.35 |
| 6. |
%Retd. Of rtd. tyres |
73.06 |
80.35 |
Bus Body Design and changes thereof.
In order to provide better comforts and attractive passenger buses to the traveling commodity, ME Department is continuously working on the Bus Body
Design and required changes through its R&D Wing.
Changes in Ordinary buses.
Seat angle increased from 100 to 105.
Wider Sliding Windows.
Provision of head rest to the seats.
Provision of tube lights in the passenger saloon instead of bulbs.
Front passenger door.
Attractive colour scheme.
Provision of good quality type 'A', Grade '1' Rexine for seats.
Improved driver seat.
The proposed changes in the ordinary buses are as follows.
Single piece wind shield glass.
Electrical buzzers instead of bell and rope.
Magazine pouch.
Hand rest bar, staunchion bar, grab rail, decency partition etc. of stainless steel.
Luggage Booth.
Hi-Tech Deluxe AC buses.
ME Department is operating Hi-Tech Deluxe AC buses including 20 Volvo buses. The main features of these Hi-Tech Deluxe AC buses are as follows.
Air suspension.
Comfortable reclining push back seats.
Comfortable distance between two seats.
Attractive colour Scheme.
TV and VCR.
Pneumatically operated passenger door.
Luggage booth.
Special Features in MSRTC buses for disabled persons.
Three seats are reserved for the disabled.
Support bar to the hand rest of the 3 seats specially reserved for disabled.
Provision of ring and Velcro belt for securing the crutches of the disabled near the reserved seats.
Height of the step pan is lowered from the ground floor.
Steps of the step pan are painted with different colour sheds.
Provision of support bars to the decency partition.
Provision of bulbs on the step pans.
Painting of instructions.
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