Pepsu Road Transport Corporation came into existence on October 16, 1956 with a meagre fleet of 60 buses and only 15 routes covering 11,107 KMs daily having 345 employees on its roll.

A) PRTC is operating in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, U.T., Delhi, U.P., Uttranchal, Rajasthan and J&K.

B) At present PRTC have 1304 buses in various categories as per the details given below: –

 

Sr.No.

Category of Vehicle

No. of buses

 

PRTC Own Buses

 

1.

Ordinary

905

2.

MIDI BUSES

78

 

Hired under KM Scheme buses

 

3.

Ordinary Buses

203

4.

Integral Coaches VOLVO / SCANIA

15

5.

HVAC

24

6.

MIDI BUSES

7

 

Total

1232

 

C) PRTC has total of 4555 employees in different categories. The detail of the staff is as under: -.

Sr.No.

Category of

 Staff

No. of

 Regular employees

No. of

outsourced employees

No. of

 contract employees

1.

Operational Staff

 

 

 

 

Driver

160

1121

182

 

Conductor

188

1424

249

 

Inspectorate

332

0

0

2.

Workshop

39

256

169

3.

Ministerial

150

272

13

 

Total

869

3073

613

 

                    In addition to above employees PRTC has approx. 4913 pensioners/ family pensioners and PRTC is paying pension to the tune of approx. Rs.10.47        crore per month only to its retired employees.

 

Number of Bus Stands of PRTC  

                    PRTC is a Public Sector Undertaking owned by the State Government and the Central Government (Northern Railway). The Corporation is headed by a Chairman appointed by the State Government and it is administered by body corporate consisting of such members as may be appointed by State Government and two members by the Central Government. The Managing Director and the Chief Accounts Officer-cum-Financial Advisor are appointed by the State Government under section 14 of the said Act. The Managing Director is the Executive Head of the Corporation under Section 15 (1).

PRTC has 9 depot and 16 bus stands across the Punjab as detailed below:

 

Sr.No.

Name of the Depot

Name of Bus Stands under the control of respective depot

1

Patiala

Patiala, Bassi Pathana, Patran, Amloh, Sirhand

2

Sangrur

Sangrur, Moonak, Ahmedgarh

3

Chandigarh

Zirakpur

4

Bathinda

Bathinda, Talwandi Sabo, Rama Mandi

5

Budhlada

Budhlada

6

Faridkot

Faridkot

7

Kapurthala

Kapurthala, Phagwara

8

Barnala

9

Ludhiana