Transport Department officials book cases against 18 buses for violations in ongoing enforcement drive

The Transport Department connected Wednesday continued its enforcement thrust and booked cases against 18 signifier carriers plying connected section routes for assorted violations nether the Motor Vehicles Act.

Following directions from Transport Commissioner A.S. Sivakumar, a squad led by Puducherry Regional Transport Officer Prabhakar Rao conducted extended inspections astatine captious commuter hubs crossed Puducherry.

Aimed astatine enforcing strict regulatory compliance, the signifier carriers were booked connected charges of failing to show the mandated fare and timetable, thereby denying commuters entree to information. Check reports were issued to the owners of the signifier carriers and the section warned of punishment against irregular halting of buses.

Operators indispensable adhere meticulously to the approved autobus timings/schedules arsenic per the licence issued by the Transport Department and terrible enactment would beryllium taken against violations, an authoritative said.

The recently-introduced electrical buses of the Puducherry Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) would besides beryllium continuously monitored to guarantee creaseless operations. The enforcement thrust would continue, the authoritative added.