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  • In Delhi every day 700 DTC buses break down

    "Around 600-700 buses on average break down each day. The reason is the weather conditions, which impact the engine," said DTC spokesperson R S Minhas. The engines were overheating in the high temperatures, especially in the air-conditioned buses, he said, adding, "The problem faced recurrently is that the engine cannot pull the load in the bus."

    The Delhi Transport Corporation finds itself facing an unprecedented crisis of breakdowns. The corporation has admitted that 600-700 of its buses have been failing every day in the past few weeks - that's roughly one in every six DTC bus on the road and an unheard of breakdown rate of almost 16%.

    Add to that an average of 33 cluster buses that fail on the road every day and you get a picture of the breakdown epidemic facing the public transport system in Delhi, mainly on account of DTC's aging and inefficient fleet. Officials admit the corporation is so busy repairing its broken vehicles each day that services are hit.

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