The District Transport Officer (DTO),Kamrup (M) launched an operation against the city bus on Tuesday in the Beltolaarea under the leadership of DTO Bapan Kalita.
The DTO has launched the operationagainst the violation of rules by the city buses. "We will soon install GPRS inthe city buses in order to control them. The city buses stops at a bus stoppagefor long and with the installation of the GPRS we will be able to track them.If we find any violation, then strict action will be taken against them," saidBapan Kalita while speaking to Pratidintime.
Kalita also said that the city buscreates chaos in the roads and violates traffic rules many times and to bringthem in control, the GPRS will be installed.
Earlier also the DTO launched newrules for city buses and provided Time Card to the buses but they drivers donot follow such rules for which it creates huge traffic congestion in theroads.
TheDeputy Commissioner of Kamrup (M) Biswajit Pegu also said earlier that thedistance between city bus stops will be decreased to 750 metres. The Kamrup(Metro) district administration is planning to reduce the distance between citybus stops.
Pegusaid that the distance between two city bus stops will be decreased to 750metres as per the Gauhati High Court directive, adding that it will decreasethe unauthorised halting of city buses to pick up passengers in the city.
Pegustrictly asked all the officials concerned and representatives of transportassociations to ensure implementation of recently formulated 'time card' systemin every city bus plying in and around the city. The DC asserted that all citybuses have to follow the routes as formulated by the RTA in collaboration withthe police administration and other departments.
DeputyCommissioner of Police (Traffic) Ranjan Bhuyan said that the traffic congestionproblem would decrease a lot if every city bus starts following all the rulesand regulations formulated by the administration. In this connection, Bhuyansought cooperation from all sections.
