SRINAGAR, MAY 10:
Transport Commissioner, Saugat Biswas today made surprise visits to various bus
stands in Srinagar City including the new General Bus Stand at Parimpora.
He along with a
team of officers including Additional Transport Commissioner, Mohinder Singh;
Regional Transport Officer (RTO), Kashmir, Khursheed Ahmad; Assistant Regional
Transport Officer(ARTO), Board of Inspection, Srinagar; Wajahat Qayoom, Section
Officer, Ali Mohammad and Motor Vehicle Inspectors reviewed facilities
available for the passengers, transporters and adherence of rules by the bus
operators.
Biswas inspected
many buses on the spot and issued directions for clear demarcation of seats for
women and the differently-abled person in all buses within a week’s time. He
assured the transporters that issues of improving basic facilities will be
taken up with the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and other relevant
authorities.
Directions were
issued to both the groups M/S Kashmir Motor Drivers Association (KMDA) and
Western Bus Service (WBS) to display photographs, name, mobile number of
drivers of the buses along with names and contact number of the owners and
concerned ARTOs conspicuously at six locations inside the buses for convenience
of passengers.
He instructed
that RTO and ARTO to cancel the fitness certificates of such vehicles who fail
to adhere to the directions in this regard. He instructed RTO Kashmir to erect
rate lists at noticeable places at Parimpora Bus Stand for the convenience of
general public.
During the random check of vehicles, two minibuses were seized for want
of valid documents.
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