Nagpur: One of the AAPLLI bus operators – RK city bus operations – found running 19 red buses, including mini, without a mandatory fitness certificate and one without pollution under control (PUC) from the Department of Transportation.
After Revelation, the NMC transportation department has attracted this bus from city streets.
According to information, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) operates 290 buses with 85 routes with the help of four operators – RK city bus operations, Hansa City Bus Operations (Nagpur) Limited Private Limited, city bus operations travel and Olectra Greentech.
While three operators run 94 buses, including 15 mini, Olectra only operates six special electric bus women.
A NMC official said the 18 bus fitness certificate, including 15 mini, was run by RK City bus operations expired between March and July this year.
Given Covid locking, the Ministry of Road Transportation and Highway have been in June this year suggested enforcement authority that fitness validity, permission, license, registration or other documents can be treated valid until September 30, 2021.
Taking the benefit of relaxation, RK City continues to operate city buses without Fitness certificate, ignoring the fact that the central notification is not enforced in Maharashtra.
In addition, one bus is found again operated without a required PUC certificate.
After learning about hoses, the AAPLI bus program manager – Integrated Multi-Capital Transit System Delhi (DIMTS) Ltd informs the NMC transportation department and removes this bus from service.
“When the RTO office has been fully functional, the operator should renew the bus fitness certificate,” the official said.
The official also said that every red bus operator had 150 MIDI, 15 mini and several standard buses.
“Is the bus properly maintained, the operator can replace the bus which is postponed due to the end of a fitness certificate.
The inability to replace them has revealed that the operator did not maintain the bus fleet, the official said.
This is a very serious problem that RK City is a bus prying without a certificate Fitness.
The entire company management system is inefficient and the credibility of the company is undoubtedly, the official source said.
In the past, the driver involved in this company to operate the Aapli bus has accused irregularities in channeling their salaries.