Chandigarh: Announcing the strict implementation of “One Bus-One Permit” measure, the Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Wednesday, said that all the bus permits would be put online soon to root out the bus mafia from the state.
During the meeting with the general managers of all the bus depots at Punjab Bhawan here, Bhullar asserted, this decision was being taken in view of the need to bring more transparency in the functioning of the transport department, instructing Principal Secretary Transport K. Siva Prasad to expedite the process of getting the permit online at the earliest.
Instructing to tighten the noose around illegal private buses operating from outside the bus stands, the Transport Minister directed all the depot general managers that the department has already conferred the powers upon them to stop the illegal buses within the ambit of 500 meters of the bus stands. Therefore, the general managers should seize the private and travel buses carrying passengers from outside the bus stands. The general managers have been directed to seek the cooperation of the Secretary, RTAs to carry out this task.