The Hindu
- Eight-day training programme to be inaugurated on Saturday
- Complaints against drivers, conductors are on the rise: association
- 1,500-staff to be trained in batches of 50 on every second Saturday
Mangalore, Jan 30: Shocked at the spate of complaints about rude behaviour of private bus drivers and conductors, the Dakshina Kannada Bus Operators’ Association has decided to set the house in order by teaching their crew on how to behave with the people.
The association has organised an eight-day training programme for conductors, drivers and cleaners of city buses on how to behave with passengers from Saturday, according to its general secretary Aziz Parthipady.
Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, he said the association had received several complaints against drivers and conductors.
Mr. Parthipady said the training would be held at the NGO hall on the premises of the taluk office here. Keshava Dharani, senior traffic inspector at the Regional Transport Office, Mangalore, Gopalakrishna Bhat, Sub-Inspector of Police (traffic), Mangalore East, and Vishveshwari, a volunteer of Prajapitha Brahmakumari Ishwari Vidyalaya, have been drafted to impart training to the bus staff. Mr. Parthipady said that there were 350 city buses in Mangalore with approximately 1,500 employees, including cleaners. They would be trained in batches, he added. According to the schedule, the first training camp would conclude on February 7. Subsequently, all the employees would be trained in batches on every second Saturday, starting from March. Approximately 50 employees would be trained every month, he said.
Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada J. Krishna Palmear will inaugurate the training programme.