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UPSRTC WORKSHOP IDGAH DEPOT AGRA.
INTRODUCTION
UPSRTC is a public sector passenger road transport corporation providing services in the state of Uttar Pradesh and other adjoining states in North India. With a fleet size of around 7668 buses we operate over 2.5 million kilometers catering to the travel needs of over 1.3 million people and earning over Rs. 38.3 million everyday. Provision of adequate, efficient, well co-ordinated, comfortable and economical services to our passengers, while earning enough for self-sustenance & growth, is our motto.
Passenger road transport services in the state of U.P. started on 15th May, 1947 with the operation of bus service on the Lucknow - Barabanki route by the erstwhile U.P. Government Roadways.
Subsequently, during the fourth Five Year Plan, the erstwhile UP Government Roadways was rechristened as Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) on 1-6-72 under the provisions of the Road Transport Act, 1950 with the following objectives:
• For the development of the road transport sector correlated to which would be the overall development of trade & industry.
• For coordination of the road transport services with other modes of transport.
• For providing or causing the provision of an adequate, economical & efficiently coordinated road transport service to the residents of the state.
