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The Transport Department, successful the aftermath of the October 24 Kurnool autobus tragedy, convened a gathering with backstage transport operators to emphasise the request for compliance and to support information standards to debar roadworthy accidents.
Transport Commissioner Vikas Raj chaired the gathering with representatives of backstage autobus relation associations. He urged them to instrumentality steps to forestall roadworthy accidents.
Discussion implicit occurrence detection and occurrence power strategy were besides connected the agenda. Sources astatine the Transport Department said the associations assured compliance. They besides stated that measures to summation consciousness among passengers arsenic regards occurrence information precautions would beryllium initiated.
Since the decease of 19 passengers aboard the V. Kaveri Travels autobus adjacent Kurnool, the Transport Department, successful its thrust to cheque compliance since October 25, launched a crackdown and seized arsenic galore arsenic 9 vehicles. The section besides issued 209 conveyance cheque reports and collected ₹4,94,000 arsenic compounding fee.
The inspections revealed violations that included alleged modifications without authorisation, not having rider lists connected board, carrying commercialized goods successful rider vehicles, and not having occurrence extinguishers on-board buses. Other violations see vehicles not having information reflective tapes and objects obstructing exigency exits.
The section besides seized vehicles for allegedly having converted seater buses into sleeper buses.
Sources said the thrust volition proceed truthful arsenic to curb instances of backstage autobus operators flouting rules, particularly those connected to rider safety.
An inter-State transport commissioners’ gathering involving Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka is besides connected the anvil. Apart from discussing rider safety, the gathering is expected to deliberate upon the contented of buses registered successful different States, plying the roads connected an All India Tourist Permit. According to Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, treatment connected however to make monitoring mechanisms for specified buses is connected the cards.
