Transporters unwilling to replace older buses
With the running of public transport buses not-so-profitable business any more, many private bus operators in the city are considering replacing their more than 15-year-old vehicles.
The Himachal Pradesh government has allowed relaxing the conditions of maintaining 60 percent occupancy in the state carriage buses.
A spokesman here said this will be subject to maintaining social distancing and that no standing passenger would be allowed in the buses during journey.
He said that other conditions not related to maintaining 60 percent occupancy as mentioned in this department notification of even number dated 30 May, 2020 shall remain the same.
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