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Asleep at the Wheel: The safety crisis in India’s sleeper busesIndia's booming sleeper bus sector faces a critical safety crisis, with a surge in fire accidents exposing widespread non-compliance and il...- Bus operators on the brink of bankruptcy, millions lose jobs as sector loses Rs 1.3 lakh crThe sector employs 10 million, who in turn support the lives of 40 million people. Once the moratorium conditions are lifted, easily 300,00...
- Passenger transport operator bodies say sector on verge of collapse, seek govt helpThe two bodies said transporters in Delhi alone have suffered a financial loss of Rs 65,000 crore in the past two months and the business h...
- BOCI writes to IRDAI for extension of vehicle insurance validityBOCI operators run 17 lakh buses and account for 30 crore passenger trips. Its members also operate 1.1 million cars which are used for int...
- COVID-19 has led to 20 lakh job losses in bus, taxi sector; more on anvil: Industry BodyIndustry body Bus & Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI), which claims to represent 20,000 operators with 15 lakh buses and maxi-cab...
- Commercial Vehicle owners push for extension of policy, but insurers disagreeVehicle owners want to invoke the Indian Motor Tariff Endorsement 11, which asks insurers to either extend the policy or reduce the premium...
- Over 3.5 million drivers don’t have a vehicle to make both ends meetAn estimated 1.6 million buses and one million cars of about 20,000 small, medium and large passenger transport operators in the country ar...
- Nitin Gadkari inaugurates first inter-city electric bus serviceThe 43-seater capacity luxury electric bus, manufactured by Mitra Mobility Solution, has a range of 300 kilometre on a single charge and wo...
- What ails state-run bus operators in India?The crisis in Telangana is a reflection of the precarious position of state-run bus operators in India, which have seen their losses swell ...
- Norms set, double-decker buses may ply on 70 routesSome of the routes that have been identified include Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Jaipur, Lucknow-Gorakhpur, Vadodara-Mumbai, Srinagar-Jalandhar, Kozh...
- Government plans Rs 1,000 crore funds for setting up bus terminalsWe have a Rs 1,000-crore funding plan to assist states in setting up of world class busports (large bus terminals), said Nitin Gadkari.
- Gurgaon to get its own bus service for seamless travelPublic transport in Gurgaon will soon see a major upgrade with the launch of a new bus service exclusively for the Millennium City.
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