THANE: After Thane Plus did a story on the poor condition of the TMT buses last week, the RTO has stepped forward and questioned the transport authorities on why they are still running the buses, despite the fact that the TMT had been told to stop running them. The RTO authorities have assured that they will run an inquiry and will charge the TMT for running poorly managed buses.
The issue was brought into the limelight after Naninesh Dolas filed an RTI against the TMT demanding to know why the buses were in such poor condition. According to the RTI, the TMT runs 143 buses, which are over 15 years old. Out of these buses, some have outlived their fitness certificate and should be put to scrap.
Speaking to Thane Plus, NC Naik the assistant RTO said that after the issue was published, an inquiry was conducted to see how the TMT was running its fleet. "We discovered that 49 buses were running without fitness certificates. One of these buses was running on the road. Since the other vehicles weren't running, we haven't charged them. The sole vehicle has been charged under the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Act 1989, Section 56."
Naik added that he will look at the other vehicles as well. "If we discover them running on the road, we will charge them. Under the Motor Vehicle Act, we have the right to charge vehicles Rs 2000 per day for running on the road without a certificate. We also have right to stop their operation fully," he concluded.
courtesy:www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
