Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Sep 2: Traffic police who swung into action in Mangaluru on Friday, September 1 checked 196 buses, registered 220 complaints of violation of rules and collected Rs 18,600 as fine.
The Regional Transport authority had called a meeting of bus owners on August 8 following complaints from people that tickets are not being issued and excess fare was being collected. As ticketing machines enable transparency in fare, the authority had fixed August 31 as the deadline for it. The inspections started on Friday as the deadline is over.
While checking 196 buses, it was found that only three or four persons in every bus were issued tickets.
“The inspections will continue,” said ACP (traffic) Tilak Chandra speaking to media.