India, July 26 -- Due to cancellation of over 40,000 scheduled bus trips and more than 17,000 instances of breakdown having inconvenienced passengers from Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) in the financial year 2024-25 and most of these buses being contractor-operated, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has levied penalties totalling Rs.13.48 crore on various private contractors operating its buses.

According to the PMPML official records, a total of 17,991 bus breakdowns occurred during the financial year 2024-2025, resulting in penalties of Rs.2.91 crore. Among the contractor-operated buses, those operated by Olectra Greentech Ltd. reported the highest number of breakdowns (5,681) follo...