The Gazetteers Department

The scheme of nationalisation of passenger transport services was started as early as in 1932 by the then Nizam government in Hyderabad. The Marathwada State Transport, with headquarters at Aurangabad, came into existence as a result of the trifurcation of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, which was one of the pioneers in the field of public road transport, first in collaboration with the railways and then as a separate government department. After the reorganisation of States in November 1956, the operations in Marathwada were looked after by a separate department under the erstwhile Government of Bombay, called the "Transfer red Road Transport Undertakings Department". With effect from 1st July, 1961, the T. R. T. U. Department was abolished and the Marathwada State Transport, along with the State Transport Services in the Vidarbha region, were amalgamated with the Bombay State Road Transport Corporation and the reorganised corporation was named as Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation.

Organisation

For administrative purposes, the entire State is divided into 10 State Transport divisions. Bhir district forms part of Aurangabad division. Each division is under a Divisional Controller who is a Class I officer. He works immediately under the General Manager who is the administrative head of the Central Office. The Divisional Controller, Aurangabad division, is assisted by the following departments and branches, viz., (1) administration, (2) traffic, (3) mechanical engineering, (4) accounts and audit, (5) statistics, (6) security, (7) stores, (8) civil engineering, (9) secretarial, (10) legal, and (11) central workshop.

The Divisional Controller, Aurangabad, is responsible for the State Transport operations in Aurangabad division and is assisted by 13 Class II Officers who undertake the following functional responsibilities.

There are two officers under these heads of activity, the Divisional Traffic Officer who is in charge of all matters relating to the traffic and operation and the Labour Officer who looks after all matters relating to labour relations with the administration. Matters relating to publicity in the division are also looked after by the Labour Officer.

These branches are manned by three officers, the Accounts Officer, the Divisional Auditor and the Divisional Statistician.

The technical side of the division is looked after by the Divisional Mechanical Engineer assisted by the Divisional Works Superintendent. Besides, there are as many depot managers as there are depots. They are wholly responsible for the working of the respective depots.

By the end of December 1962, there were two depots in Bhir district with headquarters at Bhir and Parli-Vaijnath. The Aurangabad Division of which Bhir district forms a part, held in 1962, 289 vehicles plying on 166 routes. The vehicles put on road have, on an average, a seating passenger capacity of 43.6. The average daily distance covered by these vehicles, during December 1962, was 58,433.527 km. (36,309 miles) carrying on an average, 52,557 passengers per day.

The light and heavy repairs of the buses are carried out at the Divisional Workshop, Aurangabad. Further, after a run of every 19,312.08 km. (12,000 miles), the vehicles are routed by the depots to the Divisional Workshop for maintenance and check up. In addition, a number of depot workshops [The number of vehicles attached to each of these depots is given in brackets.] are situated at each of the following places for daily maintenance of vehicles, viz., Aurangabad (62), Bhir (29), Jalna (25), Jintoor (20), Latur (31), Nanded (52), Osmanabad (25), and Parli-Vaijnath (21). Regular daily and weekly servicing, and check up for maintenance are carried out in these depots.

For the convenience of the travelling public, the Corporation has so far provided the following amenities in. the district; a temporary bus station at Bhir and a temporary bus stand at Parli-Vaijnath. For the convenience of the travelling public, wayside shelters are provided in the district at the following places, viz., Kalamb, Hirapur, Kaij, Massa Jog, Mussa, Neknoor, Pali, Talkhed, Yusuf Borgaon, Siraswadi, Limbgaon, Rajur, Patoda, Sawthada (Sautada), Chand-Sawargaon, Lokhandi Sawargaon, Bori Sawargaon Bardapur, Sarur, Dharmapuri and Ghatnandur.