Odisha State Road Transport Corporation

Odisha State Road Transport Corporation or OSRTC is the state owned road transport corporation in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is a wholly owned public sector enterprise of the Government of Odisha founded in 1971. It serves major towns, cities and villages of Odisha and also operating interstate bus services to the neighbouring states of Andra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal It is acknowledged for its distinguished service for safe and lowest cost of operation with a fleet of 636 buses.^[1]

Odisha State Road Transport Corporation

Company type	Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport of the State Government of Odisha
Industry	Bus service
Founded	1974
Headquarters	Paribahan Bhavan, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar , India
Area served	Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal
Key people	Diptesh Pattanayak, IPS Chairman and Managing Director
Services	Public Transport
Number of employees	1599 (As of 31 March 2015[update])
Website	www.osrtc.org

History

The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) established under the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation Act (1950), commenced its business of passenger transport services from 15 May 1974. In 1948, the Government of Odisha took over operation of bus services run by erstwhile princely states under State Transport Services (STS) of the Transport Department.

In 1950, the Central Act, R.T.C. Act (Act No. 64 of 1950) was enacted, which required creation of Road Transport Corporations under respective state governments and so came into existence Orissa Road Transport Corporation (ORTC).

OSRTC was created w.e.f. 15 May 1974 and the assets and employees of State Transport Services were transferred to OSRTC. The corporation started functioning with Share Capital Contribution from the Government of Odisha and the Government of India in the ratio of 2:1. The O. R. T. Company, operating mostly in the southern parts of the state merged with the OSRTC in 1990 along with all its assets, liabilities and employees.

Services

Fleet

• AC Deluxe (Ashok Leyland, Tata)
• Express (Ashok Leyland)
• Hi-Comfort (Ashok Leyland)
• Hi-Tech (Ashok Leyland)
• Light Commercial Vehicle
• Volvo

Divisions

Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has three divisions comprising a total of 23 depots.

• Bhubaneswar Division
• Berhampur Division
• Sambalpur Division

Depots

• Angul
• Aska
• Balangir
• Bargarh
• Berhampur
• Bhanjanagar
• Bhawanipatna
• Bhubaneswar
• Cuttack
• Deogarh
• Jeypore
• Keonjhar
• Malkangiri
• Nabarangpur
• Nuapada
• Padampur
• Paralakhemundi
• Phulbani
• Puri (Malatipatpur)
• Rayagada
• Rourkela
• Sambalpur
• Sundargarh
• Vizianagaram

Accolades

Award	Year	Conferrer
Merit – Performance in Productivity	1991–92	National Productivity Council (NPC)
Best Passenger Safety	1992	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Maximum Improvement in Tyre Performance	1995–96	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Road Safety Under Mofussil Category	1998	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Lowest Operational Cost Under Mofussil Category	2002–03	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Lowest Operational Cost Under Mofussil Category	2003–04	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Transport Minister's Trophy for Safe Transport Lowest Accident Record	2004–05	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Transport Minister's Trophy for Safe Transport Lowest Accident Record	2005–06	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Minimum Operational Cost	2007–08	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost	2008–09	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Profit Making STU in Mofussil Service	2010–11	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost	2011–12	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost	2012–13	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost and Highest KMPL	2013–14	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Highest KMPL and Best Profit Making State Transport Undertakings	2014–15	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Highest KMPL and Best Profit Making State Transport Undertakings	2015–16	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Maximum Improvement in Tyre Performance	2017–18	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost	2017–18	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Highest KMPL and Profit Making State Transport Undertakings	2017–18	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Minimum Operational Cost Among State Transport Undertakings	2018	Smart City Summit 2018 Surat, Gujarat
Web-based Ticketing System with Mobile Android and iOS App	2018	SKOCH Order-of-Merit 2018
In-Bus Ticketing Through GRPS/RFID Based Electronics Ticket Machines (ETMs)	2019	SKOCH Order-of-Merit 2019
OSRTC Bhawanipatna and Padampur Depots – Fuel Efficiency Awards	2018–19	Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Indian Express Technology Sabha Award 2020 – Depot Management System	2020	Indian Express Limited

Apart from all these accolades, the success story of OSRTC has been included in the syllabus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as a case study.^[2]