Representative Image
SHIMLA: Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) employees have alleged that there’s a shortage of technical staff and spare parts in the workshops. Two successive accidents of HRTC buses in the last few days have raised concerns in the corporation. The employees’ Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) has indicated towards the possibility that these shortages could be behind the mishaps.
On April 4, a HRTC bus going from Manali to Shimla met with an accident in which the driver died and 34 passengers were injured. Another bus caught fire in Chamba, on the same day.
The JCC also accused the corporation of not carrying out preventive reparations of vehicles on time as recommended by the manufacturers. The committee demanded that staff vacancies be filled and shortage of spare parts dealt with at the earliest to alleviate risk to drivers as well as passengers.
However, Sandeep Kumar, Managing Director, HRTC has dismissed the claims of JCC saying that the investigation to unearth possible reasons for the accidents is underway.
Representative Image NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning regarding an…
Representative Image JAMMU and KASHMIR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has called upon the Central…
Representative Image NEW DELHI: The 19th edition of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF…
Representative Image MUMBAI, Maharashtra: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has published a list of 188…
Representative Image CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation is mulling the plan to…
Representative Image TRICHIRAPALLI, Tamil Nadu: Faulty Streetlights on the newly built Kollidam Bridge in Trichy…