Private bus owners urged to get permits released, resume full operations

Udupi RTO Janaspandana programme sees people raising the issue of limited bus services

Udupi Regional Transport Officer G.P. Gangadhar has urged private stage carriage owners who have surrendered their permits owing to the pandemic to get them released at the earliest as life was returning to normal following the decrease in the number of positive cases.

As many as 573 permits of private stage carriage buses have been with the Udupi RTO for a year now. Only a few of the owners got them released, Mr. Gangadhar said in a recent Janaspandana programme held in his office. Instances of buses being operated without getting permits released are being reported. In such cases, heavy penalty will be levied on owners who also have to pay the required road tax, he said.

Responding to complaints from the general public that not all buses are being operated thereby causing inconvenience to regular travellers, including students, Mr. Gangadhar said that private bus owners as well as the KSRTC have been told to resume services at the earliest. The problem should get resolved soon, he hoped.