India, April 3 -- With all the bus depots located in the city and the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) having to send out empty buses to pick up passengers in the morning as well as bring back empty buses at night after dropping passengers in the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) limit, the PMPML is facing revenue losses. To cut its losses, the PMPML has asked the PMRDA for nine new depots out of which, the PMPML has currently prioritised four areas for depots.

A PMPML official said, "We have proposed four depots at Wakad, Ravat, Moshi and Bhosari. Besides that, the PMRDA has reserved land in the Development Plan (DP). However, the PMRDA's DP has not yet been approved. So, we have demanded that the...