In a waste of public money, a report made by the General Inspection Department of the Transport Company of Tunis indicates an excessive consumption of batteries for some buses.
After opening an investigation into the disappearance of a number of batteries from the company’s spare parts store, it was found that many buses had consumed between two and six batteries in one month between 2016 and 2017.
This data was explained by the maintenance department of the same company, in its response to the inspection department’s inquiry, with “the lack of periodic maintenance of batteries, the lack of equipment and the severe shortage of agents.”
The head of the Tunisian Association for Road Safety, Ismail Yanbai, told JDD TUNISIE, he attributed this excessive consumption of batteries to “the human element and maintenance that does not respond to technical custom.”
This report, a copy which was obtained by JDD TUNISIE, recorded that 21 buses used at least 200 batteries in just two years.
The inspection team concluded that there was suspicious consumption of batteries whose authenticity was correct, and that 8 others had disappeared from stock, in addition to confirming the theft of 18 batteries directly after they were installed on buses.
In this context, the report indicated that the Tunis Region 2 administration did not respond to a company that transferred Tunisia to the inquiries of the General Inspection regarding the measures taken regarding those involved in the theft of batteries from buses.
