Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited

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Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited
Parent Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Founded2010 (2010) [1]
LocaleNagpur metropolitan area
Service area Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Service typeCommuter bus
Fleet437

Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited is a special purpose vehicle of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to run transport services within Nagpur city. [2]

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Operations

In 2007, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation signed an agreement with a private party to purchase the buses and operate them under a 'Purchase-Operate-Transfer' model and pay the corporation a fixed royalty per bus. The corporation was also to earn back 50% of its revenue from advertisements on buses. [3]

In 2013, it was announced that the Government of India would fund the corporations plans of building a new bus station at Mor Bhavan and a depot at Dhaba along with the provision of purchasing more buses. [4]

Fleet

An NMPL bus NagpurBus.JPG
An NMPL bus

As of now it has a fleet of 437 buses. They run in and around city and suburbs. In 2014, Swedish bus manufacturer Scania AB announced that it would hand over the first ethanol-powered city bus made in India to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation on the recommendation of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Transport, for trial runs. [5] The Ministry requested clearance from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in order to amend the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 to legally recognise ethanol as a commercial fuel type. [6]

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References

  1. "NAGPUR MAHANAGAR PARIVAHAN LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details | Zauba Corp".
  2. Anparthi, Anjaya (11 June 2013). "Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Ltd to decide on second Nagpur bus operator". Times of India . Nagpur. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. Anparthi, Anjaya (4 July 2012). "Nagpur Municipal Corporation gets no royalty from city buses for 26 months". The Times of India . Nagpur. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. Anparthi, Anjaya (4 August 2013). "More centre assistance for Nagpur bus service on way". The Times of India . Nagpur. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. "Swedish company Scania delivers first ethanol-powered bus in Nagpur". India Today . Jaipur. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  6. "Fleet of Ethanol-run buses awaiting ARAI clearance". The Hitavada . Nagpur. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.