Intensified enforcement measures to ensure passenger safety, says Minister for Transport

In the aftermath of the caller autobus occurrence incidental adjacent Markapuram that claimed 14 lives, Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy connected Saturday (March 28) said the authorities has intensified enforcement measures crossed the State to forestall akin tragedies and fortify rider safety.

The Minister said the Transport section has undertaken large-scale inspections of buses arsenic portion of a peculiar information thrust launched aft the incident. A full of 1,036 buses were inspected State-wide, during which 236 buses recovered operating without due documentation were booked and penalised. He said these inspections were carried retired astatine 16 strategical points, including toll plazas and check-posts crossed the State.

Mr. Ramprasad Reddy said the authorities is taking stringent and sustained measures to curb violations that could pb to accidents. He announced that peculiar enforcement drives volition present beryllium conducted regularly to guarantee strict compliance with information norms by autobus operators and warned of stringent enactment against those violating information regulations, including operating vehicles without valid permits, fittingness certificates oregon information equipment.

Emphasising the government’s committedness to nationalist safety, the Minister urged each transport operators to strictly adhere to information rules and support vehicles successful roadworthy information to forestall mishaps.