Needed: PMPML timetable in print for public

The timetable was first published in 1992,when it was released in the form of a 72-page booklet that included information about 176 routes covered by the public transport,then known as the PMT. The booklet was revised in 1998 and made into a 144-page book that included additional 40 routes. There has been no revision since then.

Today,the PMPML has over 10 lakh commuters travelling in over 1,600 buses plying on 349 routes across Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. “The availability of the time table can make things easy for us. Even boards and displays at a majority of the bus stops either display no information or incorrect information about bus timings,” said Vinayak Joshi (60),a resident of Kothrud,a frequent traveller.

Jugal Rathi,president of the PMP Pravasi Manch (PMPPM),a city-based organisation working towards the betterment of services offered to PMPML commuters,said,“We have been following up this issue for last four years. On April 13,2008,they had published 10,000 copies of the timetable for Katraj depot. The copies were to be launched by Ajit Pawar but it didn’t happen due to last-minute change of his plans. We feel they do not want to publish timetable because then there will be an obligation to abide by it.”