Case study on sajha yatayat

BackgroundSajhayatayat is a cooperative established in1961 to provide public transportation services in Nepal. Although it provided its services throughout Nepal for many years it was forced to close its operations in 2007 due to operation challenges.

It has however since been received through the initative of its memebers and the government of nepal to address the growing problem of traffic congestion in the valley.

Sajhayatayat ,which restarted its transport operations in april 2013,strives to provide efficient and effective public transportation to commuters in the kathmandu valley and also cater to inter-district and cross-boarder passengers.

Contd…Their initial task in reviving service is to concentrate on relieving traffic in Kathmandu valley, in a manner that will help commuters as well as economy and the environment.

They seek to provide exemplary service, seeking to extend it to others players in the transport sector by developing a network that has the interests of the public at its heart.

They work within the goals set by the Government of Nepal and in cooperation with private sector transport companies, to provide quality public service transport to the citizen of Nepal.

Public transportation of Nepal and role of sajha yatayat

It is estimated that out of the approximately 3.4 million one-way person trips made by kathmandu valley residents each day.

Nearly 41% percent are made onfoot ,while almost 28% are made on public transport(MBPIT/JICA,2012 and SMEC,2013).

The public transport service in kathmandu valley is fully operated by private sector and self-financed.

CONTD..

Operator are organised into about 100 route and mode-specific assocation and operate along over 20 route.

The share of low occupancy vehical such as mini buses,micro buses and tempo operating within kathmandu valley account for 94% of total public transport vehical : while share of large buses is only 6%(MOPIT/JICK,2012).

Because absent of formal public transportation system and lack of proper monitoring guidence from the government,the quality of public transport service in kathmandu is poor and inefficent.

There are no well defined shedule, and the vechile are general poorly maintained, dirty, over crowded and uncomfortable. As vehicles complet with one another for passenger, speeding is often a problem and vehicles wait for a long time at stops resulting in vehicles stacking and congestion.

Type of vehicles Passenger capacity Number of routes

Tempo 11-13 21

Micro bus 10-16 90

Mini bus 26-35 107

Large bus 35-50 2

total 220

Contd…… A survey conduct by CEN/CANN(2011) showed that about 61.7% of female respondents were uncomfortable with the space in public transport because of over crowding;

57.7% of passengers were not happy with travel in public transport;69.9% of surveyed passenger perceive the public transport drivers practise reckless driving making travel uncomfortable and unsafe;

24.9% passenger perceived service as unreliable and 30.5% of people said that they have to wait for more than 10 min during morning pick hour to get a ride.

Some of the key charges that sajha yatayat has introduced in public transport sector is as follows:-

The buses are large, new and environment friendly(EURO3 standards)The route go from one end of the city to another instead of ending in the central business district,thus reducing congestion in central kathmandu.Buses follow a schedule and do not wait for a long for passangers.Buses only stop at designted stops.Buses operate from early in the morning till late at night (6am to 10 pm).

Contd……

All buses are fitted with close cricuit cameras for saftey.

Passangers are required to get on through the back door and get off through the front door.

Drivers and driver assitants are well trained to provide customer-friendly services.

One of the drivers and several of the conductors are women.

Sajha yatayat’s present status1)Legal basis:Sajha yatayat is a cooperative formed under the Coorperative Act, 2048 and registered with the department of the coorperative.Government of nepal owns 84.27% of the total shares while 4.71% of the shares is owned by the organizations and institutions and 11.02% is owned by the individuals.

2)Structure:The sajha yatayat general assembly, which consist of 228 members , provides overall guidance and approves major policies and plans.

Contd………

The board which consists of five elected member and two representatives of the government of nepal.

Register of the management is responsible for strategic planning, supervision and monitoring.

Sajha yatayat organisational structure

1)Human resources:Sajha yatayat has currently 16 core staffs to manage its day to day operations.In additional it has outsource the services of the drivers,conductor and security guards.

2)Financial status:a)Assests :Sajha yatayat has fixed assests in the form land and building at pulchowk.

The fixed assests worth is NRS 166,119,611.76 as per the audited report for the year 2068-2069 which is based on the valuation done on the historical cost basis.

Contd…..

b)Liabilities:There is a current liability of RS 52,589,269.91 which doesnot include the rent received in advance.Among these there is interest of NRS 51,765,482.41.c)Revenue:The total revenue for the first year of operation (baishak to chaitra 2070) from bus operation was NRS 43,440,658.d)Expenditure:The total expenditure during the first year of operation(2071) was NRS 48,262,66.08.

Route system in kathmandu valley and targeted routes of sajha yatayat

The current public transport route network in kathmandu valley is approximately 2000 routes as follows:Bus, seven routes prior to reintroduction of sajha yatayat.which 2 more routes.sajha yatayat runs two services kalanki to CBD to airport and satdobato to CBD TO Maharajgunj and newbuspark.Minibus,93 routes,minibus route run national highways and feeder roads in the valley.they are generally radile,linking outlayong areas with city center. microbus,73 routes the coverage of the micro bus network is similar to the network bus.Tempo,20 routes which are generally to within ringroad.

As there are very few large buses in the current public transport network, sajhayatayat can input good quality larges buses to add value to the system.

As the primary routes have a demand of over 100000 passengers per day,these routes will be fesibles for the large buses that sajhayatayat want to import

As the current routes that are being served by sajhayatayat has significant passengers demand and the frequency of sajha buses is quite low,it would make sennse to add new buses to the current route so as to increase the bus frequency and demonstrate a model bus transit system.

Issues,challenge and prospects for sajhayatayat

Challenge :-Urban transport and its management is one of the most important elements in planning ,and development of sustainable city. Land use patterns and built environment shape that demand for travel.

Hence, carefully integrated and coordinated transportation and urban development is essential to and sharing sustainable future environmentally socially and economically.

The existing infrastructure and public transportation facilities do not adequately meet the mobility needs of the urban population, both in quality and quantity.

prospect

Currently only 28% of trips are made on public transportation.however, as the streets of kathmandu become more and more conjusted, more people may choose to use public transport service provided that they are convenient and safe.

Therefore if sajha yatayat is able to provide efficient and effective public transportation there will be going demand for its services.currently there are few large buses operating In kathmandu .

As many of the main streets as in kathmandu have been recently expanded, there is room for more big buses in the city. The government have also estated wish to promote large buses in kathmandu.

Mission and strategy for sajha yatayat

Mission:To provide efficient, affordable and sustainable mobility for social, educational, economic and recreational activities.To provide an environmental, sustainable system Strategy:To achive the mission statement sajha yatayat must embark on with certain some short(1-2 years), medium(2-5 years) and long term (5-10 years) objectives.

Bussiness plan and action plan

Investment , revenue and profit target.The major investment for sajha yatayat over the next five years will be the additional buses.Sajha yatayat is expected to increase its revenue as well .While profit is the main driver of sajha yatayat, the organization will be run in a professional manner and efforts will be made to maximise the revenue cost.

Proposed operation, maintenance and management

Bus service and bus design:Kathmandu valley bus rider feels that physical design and layout of the current standard floor buses that they ride everyday is satisfactory.Sajha yatayat bus has a safety and comfort and service reliability facility.Station:There is a fixed stoppage to aviod unnecessary traffic conjection and catter the maximum passenger. The stoppage are three type of station.Simple station: they are located at every 500m. At this station passenger can purchase ticket and enter the system.

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Intermediate station: these station are the contact point between the fedeer buses and the main line. There objective is to provide smooth, fast and effective interaction between main line and fedeer buses.

Main line station: sajha yatayat has a vision to operate its buses for the station located at the begining and the end point of the main line routes. This station are to be provided with bicycle parking facilities.

Fare collection systemSajha is operating its buses with the traditional paper print ticket. This system will be replaced by prepaid method of payment introducing magnetic card or other electonic system.The passenger purchase a smart at the ticket office located at easily accessible area.The smart card can be yellow for one trip, red for two trip.

Advanced control system:-An advanced control system is a very important part of the city bus operation system.Each bus will be equipped with a global positioning system(GPS) receiver to report the bus location.This communication system will provide real time information is the basis for the control of system.This make it possible to adjust the schedule and identify possible new route to system.

conclusion Compare to other public transportation sajha yatayat is better in terms of

comfort, safety, clean. Students are given more priorities in this sajha yatayat rather than other

public transportation. There is female conductor in each sajha yatayat so there is less chance of

misbehaviour to ladies in this yatayat. There is ticket system so there is less possibility of taking more fare.

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