Case study on sajha

yatayat

Background
Sajhayatayat is a cooperative established in1961 to
provide public transportation services in Nepal.
Although it provided its services throughout Nepal for
many years it was forced to close its operations in
2007 due to operation challenges.
It has however since been received through the
initative of its memebers and the government of nepal
to address the growing problem of traffic congestion in
the valley.
Sajhayatayat ,which restarted its transport
operations in april 2013,strives to provide efficient and
effective public transportation to commuters in the
kathmandu valley and also cater to inter-district and
cross-boarder passengers.

Contd
Their initial task in reviving service
is to concentrate on relieving traffic
in Kathmandu valley, in a manner
that will help commuters as well as
economy and the environment.
They seek to provide exemplary
service, seeking to extend it to
others players in the transport
sector by developing a network
that has the interests of the public at
its heart.
They work within the goals set by
the Government of Nepal and in
cooperation with private sector
transport companies, to provide
quality public service transport to
the citizen of Nepal.

Public transportation
of Nepal and role of
sajha yatayat
It is estimated that out of the
approximately 3.4 million oneway person trips made by
kathmandu valley residents
each day.
Nearly 41% percent are
made onfoot ,while almost 28%
are made on public
transport(MBPIT/JICA,2012 and
SMEC,2013).
The public transport service
in kathmandu valley is fully
operated by private sector and
self-financed.

CONTD..

Operator are organised into

about 100 route and modespecific assocation and operate
along over 20 route.

The share of low occupancy

vehical such as mini buses,micro
buses and tempo operating within
kathmandu valley account for 94%
of total public transport vehical :
while share of large buses is only
6%(MOPIT/JICK,2012).

Type of vehicles

Passenger capacity

Number of routes

Tempo

11-13

21

Micro bus

10-16

90

Mini bus

26-35

107

Large bus

35-50

total

220

Because absent of formal public transportation system and lack

of proper monitoring guidence from the government,the quality
of public transport service in kathmandu is poor and inefficent.
There are no well defined shedule, and the vechile are general
poorly maintained, dirty, over crowded and uncomfortable. As
vehicles complet with one another for passenger, speeding is
often a problem and vehicles wait for a long time at stops
resulting in vehicles stacking and congestion.

Contd
A survey conduct by CEN/CANN(2011) showed that
about 61.7% of female respondents were uncomfortable
with the space in public transport because of over
crowding;
57.7% of passengers were not happy with travel in
public transport;69.9% of surveyed passenger perceive
the public transport drivers practise reckless driving
making travel uncomfortable and unsafe;
24.9% passenger perceived service as unreliable and
30.5% of people said that they have to wait for more than
10 min during morning pick hour to get a ride.

Some of the key charges that sajha yatayat has

introduced in public transport sector is as follows:-

The buses are large, new and

environment friendly(EURO3
standards)
The route go from one end of
the city to another instead of
ending in the central business
district,thus reducing
congestion in central
kathmandu.
Buses follow a schedule and
do not wait for a long for
passangers.
Buses only stop at designted
stops.
Buses operate from early in
the morning till late at night
(6am to 10 pm).

Contd
All buses are fitted with close
cricuit cameras for saftey.
Passangers are required to
get on through the back door
and get off through the front
door.
Drivers and driver assitants
are well trained to provide
customer-friendly services.
One of the drivers and several
of the conductors are women.

Sajha yatayats present status

1)Legal basis:
Sajha yatayat is a cooperative formed
under the Coorperative Act, 2048 and
registered with the department of the
coorperative.
Government of nepal owns 84.27% of
the total shares while 4.71% of the
shares is owned by the organizations
and institutions and 11.02% is owned
by the individuals.
2)Structure:
The sajha yatayat general assembly,
which consist of 228 members ,
provides overall guidance and
approves major policies and plans.

Contd

The board which consists

of five elected member and
two representatives of the
government of nepal.
Register of the
management is responsible
for strategic planning,
supervision and
monitoring.

Sajha yatayat
organisational
structure
1)Human resources:

Sajha yatayat has currently 16 core

staffs to manage its day to day
operations.
In additional it has outsource the
services of the drivers,conductor and
security guards.
2)Financial status:
a)Assests :
Sajha yatayat has fixed assests in
the form land and building at
pulchowk.
The fixed assests worth is NRS
166,119,611.76 as per the audited
report for the year 2068-2069 which
is based on the valuation done on the
historical cost basis.

Contd..
b)Liabilities:
There is a current liability
of RS 52,589,269.91 which
doesnot include the rent
received in advance.
Among these there is
interest of NRS
51,765,482.41.
c)Revenue:
The total revenue for the
first year of operation
(baishak to chaitra 2070)
from bus operation was NRS
43,440,658.
d)Expenditure:
The total expenditure
during the first year of
operation(2071) was NRS
48,262,66.08.

The
current
public
route
Route
system
in transport
kathmandu
valley and
network
inroutes
kathmandu
valley
is
targeted
of sajha
yatayat
approximately 2000 routes as
follows:
Bus, seven routes prior to
reintroduction of sajha
yatayat.which 2 more routes.sajha
yatayat runs two services kalanki
to CBD to airport and satdobato to
CBD TO Maharajgunj and
newbuspark.
Minibus,93 routes,minibus route
run national highways and feeder
roads in the valley.they are
generally radile,linking outlayong
areas with city center.
microbus,73 routes the
coverage of the micro bus network
is similar to the network bus.
Tempo,20 routes which are

As there are very few large buses

in the current public transport
network, sajhayatayat can input
good quality larges buses to add
value to the system.
As the primary routes have a
demand of over 100000 passengers
per day,these routes will be fesibles
for the large buses that sajhayatayat
want to import
As the current routes that are
being served by sajhayatayat has
significant passengers demand and
the frequency of sajha buses is
quite low,it would make sennse to
add new buses to the current route
so as to increase the bus frequency
and demonstrate a model bus transit
system.

Issues,challenge and prospects for sajhayatayat

Challenge :Urban transport and its management is one of the most
important elements in planning ,and development of
sustainable city. Land use patterns and built environment
shape that demand for travel.
Hence, carefully integrated and coordinated transportation
and urban development is essential to and sharing
sustainable future environmentally socially and
economically.
The existing infrastructure and public transportation
facilities do not adequately meet the mobility needs of the
urban population, both in quality and quantity.

prospect
Currently only 28% of trips are made on public
transportation.however, as the streets of kathmandu become
more and more conjusted, more people may choose to use public
transport service provided that they are convenient and safe.
Therefore if sajha yatayat is able to provide efficient and
effective public transportation there will be going demand for its
services.currently there are few large buses operating In
kathmandu .
As many of the main streets as in kathmandu have been recently
expanded, there is room for more big buses in the city. The
government have also estated wish to promote large buses in
kathmandu.

Mission and strategy for sajha

yatayat

Mission:
To provide efficient,
affordable and sustainable
mobility for social, educational,
economic and recreational
activities.
To provide an environmental,
sustainable system
Strategy:
To achive the mission
statement sajha yatayat must
embark on with certain some
short(1-2 years), medium(2-5
years) and long term (5-10
years) objectives.

Bussiness plan and action

plan
Investment , revenue and
profit target.
The major investment for
sajha yatayat over the next
five years will be the
additional buses.
Sajha yatayat is expected
to increase its revenue as
well .
While profit is the main
driver of sajha yatayat, the
organization will be run in a
professional manner and
efforts will be made to
maximise the revenue cost.

Proposed
operation,
Bus
service and
bus design:
andbus rider
maintenance
Kathmandu valley
management
feels
that physical design and
layout of the current standard
floor buses that they ride
everyday is satisfactory.
Sajha yatayat bus has a
safety and comfort and service
reliability facility.
Station:
There is a fixed stoppage to
aviod unnecessary traffic
conjection and catter the
maximum passenger. The
stoppage are three type of
station.
Simple station: they are
located at every 500m. At this
station passenger can
purchase ticket and enter the
system.

Contd
Intermediate station: these
station are the contact point
between the fedeer buses and the
main line. There objective is to
provide smooth, fast and effective
interaction between main line and
fedeer buses.

Main line station: sajha yatayat

has a vision to operate its buses
for the station located at the
begining and the end point of the
main line routes. This station are to
be provided with bicycle parking
facilities.

Fare collection system

Sajha is operating its buses with the traditional paper print
ticket. This system will be replaced by prepaid method of
payment introducing magnetic card or other electonic system.
The passenger purchase a smart at the ticket office located
at easily accessible area.
The smart card can be yellow for one trip, red for two trip.

Advanced control system:An advanced control system is a very important part of the
city bus operation system.
Each bus will be equipped with a global positioning
system(GPS) receiver to report the bus location.
This communication system will provide real time
information is the basis for the control of system.
This make it possible to adjust the schedule and identify
possible new route to system.

conclusion
Compare to other public transportation sajha yatayat is
better in terms of comfort, safety, clean.
Students are given more priorities in this sajha yatayat
rather than other public transportation.
There is female conductor in each sajha yatayat so there is
less chance of misbehaviour to ladies in this yatayat.
There is ticket system so there is less possibility of taking
more fare.

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