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00:00People say that the government is closed and the government is closed and the state is developing.
00:06The development of the state happens when the government collects taxes from the people and develops the state.
00:12In 2014, the government of Kali Paipa, who was the Chief Minister of Prakash Singh Badal,
00:19Kali Paipa's group was formed.
00:21At that time, a project was taken, the project of Amritsar City Bus, which has now become a political tree.
00:26I would like to show you a picture of the Amritsar City Bus Stand, where these buses have been parked.
00:33These buses are worth crores of rupees and have been completely condemned.
00:36You can see the condition of these buses on the signs of the thieves and robbers.
00:41The valuable goods in these buses are also being stolen by thieves and robbers.
00:46The condition is such that these buses worth crores of rupees have been condemned.
00:50In the end, the money of the public is being destroyed by the government.
00:53The main thing is that the government is now closed by the public.
00:56The government develops the state through the taxes collected from the public money.
01:04But for the convenience of the people, this bus project was taken.
01:08When this project was taken, a lot of praise was given to the government for preparing the project so that it will be convenient for the people.
01:14The situation is such that this project has now become a political tree.
01:19The buses have been completely condemned.
01:21We have engineers and social workers like Rupam Sharma with us.
01:25We will also talk to them and find out why this project has become a political tree.
01:28Yes, Rupam ji, what would you like to say?
01:30Lala ji, you are a prominent journalist.
01:32You yourself have seen that the public transport of Gurunagri Amritsar, whether in the form of City Bus Service or in the form of BRTS,
01:41where City Bus Service is located near Amritsar's AIS location, which is the premises of the Municipal Corporation.
01:48Amritsar had to get about 112 buses in 60 units.
01:53Balal and Company, which is a company from Karnataka, had to run it.
01:57And in the same way, another bus, about 93 BRTS buses,
02:02You can imagine that if these two transport buses run, then there would have been about 205 buses in public transport in Amritsar.
02:12And the benefit of these buses was not to be taken by ordinary people, children, people with a job, or passengers coming to school or college.
02:20But the situation is so bad at the moment that all kinds of goods have been stolen in these buses.
02:27Lights, electrical wires, sensors, TV screens, monitors, etc. have not been left in these buses.
02:36All the tires have been flattened, the buses have been completely condemned.
02:42How much was the project worth at that time?
02:46Rs. 3.5 crore, in which the Centre had to contribute 50%, the State Government 20%, and the Municipal Corporation, which is called the local government, had to contribute 30%.
02:57Without the participation of the local government, the cost of this project from Rs. 3.5 crore to Rs. 46 crore had reached.
03:06But today, in 2025, the cost of these buses has increased by more than Rs. 1 crore.
03:11You can imagine that people's hard work, sweat, sweat, and hard work, the child who buys a toffee also pays taxes.
03:20The state that is created by the people's hard work, how to make it profitable, how to turn it into dust,
03:29it is because of the bad deeds of our political class, their ignorance, corruption, theft, fraud, incompetence, and the leadership system that has been created.
03:38Only the politics of the vote bank, only our votes are to be seen.
03:41And with the people of Amritsar, there is such a big game, such a big mischief, that people go on the streets today, there is snatching.
03:50Robberies are being committed against people, accidents are being committed against people, there is traffic congestion.
03:55For all this, if this public transport was running, then there would have been the protection of the people.
03:59There are hundreds of thousands of people who come to Shardalu every day, they come to Gurukul,
04:03where it is seen that their cars are stolen, their cars have an accident, they die.
04:08Somewhere or the other, the image of Amritsar is also ruined.
04:11Just like this project City Bus, Amritsar City Bus project was taken in 2014.
04:14After that, this project was closed, the BRTS project was taken, it was also closed.
04:19You see, City Bus Service was closed, BRTS was closed.
04:22After that, under the next National Urban Transport Policy, they also want to bring E-Buses.
04:28In which again, about 190 E-Buses will come to Amritsar.
04:32Its tender was going to start last year in January.
04:35You can guess this from Amritsar, that if these buses are standing here, BRTS buses are standing there,
04:43then where were these buses supposed to stand?
04:45For that, where were the charging stations going to be made?
04:48You can guess from this, that if public transport runs in Amritsar,
04:53it would be better in terms of pollution, it would be good for the environment.
04:57Amritsar is the most polluted city in Punjab.
05:00Then it would be good for social and financial equity.
05:04The public transport also gives a good message to our economy.
05:08After that, employment regeneration is done.
05:11Some ticket is deducted, some driver is there, some checker is there, some conductor is there.
05:16People were supposed to get employment.
05:19They were supposed to get a lot of employment.
05:21They have made the houses of the houses useless.
05:23After that, social exclusion is also reduced by public transport.
05:27People come together and go together.
05:29The time is not good.
05:31Often, people who travel daily, passengers, sit together and talk to each other.
05:36And that too, with the closure of these buses, people are cut off.
05:41And the mobility of public transport has been reduced to zero.
05:45That city, as you said,
05:47where there are hundreds of thousands of people,
05:50Border City, Smart City,
05:52where there was a BRTS project of Rs. 650 crores,
05:55of Rs. 100 crores,
05:57you see, about Rs. 700-800 crores of people,
06:01around Rs. 205 crores, public transport, buses,
06:04are made of clay.
06:06So, the public money is lost.
06:08Absolutely, it is made of clay.
06:10They say, to destroy Gulistan,
06:12one Ulu is enough.
06:14Ulu is sitting on every branch.
06:16What will happen to Gulistan?
06:18All the people, Amritsar's public transport,
06:20political leaders,
06:22administration,
06:24local leaders,
06:26like those Ulus,
06:28destroyed all Amritsar's public transport.
06:30You said that,
06:32at that time, the father of Paipa, Navjot Singh Sidhu,
06:34was also a Paipa.
06:36He was a Paipa in the government.
06:38He was told that it was his dream project.
06:40If you talk about BRTS,
06:42was it his dream project?
06:44His dream project was Navjot Singh Sidhu's,
06:46but he never came to his dream project.
06:48It was a much-awaited project.
06:50He wanted it to run in Amritsar since 2007.
06:52He wanted it to be such a big city,
06:54such a popular city,
06:56such a prominent city.
06:58But, Navjot Singh Sidhu,
07:00like these buses,
07:02went to the political village.
07:04That was the time when these buses
07:06were to be inaugurated.
07:08Navjot Singh Sidhu was not even invited.
07:10He was the one who sidelined
07:12public transport.
07:14The government of that time,
07:16then the government of Congress,
07:18then the government of the current
07:20Aam Aadmi Party,
07:22is also responsible for this.
07:24BRTS was also a part of this government.
07:26No one funded these buses.
07:28No one said that
07:30these BRTS buses should be put together.
07:32No one said that.
07:34If they don't run in both,
07:36then they should be given to Punjab Roadways.
07:38In such circumstances,
07:40not only are their goods stolen,
07:42but people's hard-earned money
07:44is also stolen.
07:46Have you seen the condition of the buses?
07:48There are no seats left,
07:50no lights are left,
07:52no electricity wires are left,
07:54no sensors are left,
07:56no automated screens are left.
07:58People's tires are also broken.
08:00If the municipal corporation,
08:02the government institution,
08:04the premises are stolen,
08:06then it means that
08:08these people themselves are stealing.
08:10They have filed an FIR.
08:12There is a security system here.
08:14We have come here.
08:16There is not a single security guard here.