MSRTC To Set Up 100-Acre Vehicle Scrapping Unit

In a bid to increase revenue of the debt-ridden Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), the transport department has decided to set up a mega vehicle scrapping facility near Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar on 100 acres of land.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha

MUMBAI: It will be on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis and the bidder will be selected on the basis of the revenue share he offers.

The facility will be around 20 times bigger than the existing facilities in the state, which are built on 2-5 acres of land. It will be built at Khuldabad in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district, on a 100-acre MSRTC-owned land parcel. Currently, eight authorized entities operate scrapping centers in the state, each with an annual capacity of scrapping a minimum of 1,000 vehicles.