Commuters, bus operators irked over poor condition of Fort Kochi bus stand

Commuters, bus operators irked over poor condition of Fort Kochi bus stand

Commuters and bus operators prefer to use the main road than the ill-maintained bus stand at Fort Kochi, for the past many years. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Commuters and bus operators have decried the deteriorating condition of the Fort Kochi bus stand located opposite the RDO office, and right in the heart of the … Read more

Poor response to city permit from e-auto operators

Poor response to city permit from e-auto operators

An electric autorickshaw operating along Chittoor Road in Kochi. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Over a month since the Ernakulam Regional Transport Authority (RTA) decided to issue new city permits to 2,000 electric autorickshaws and 1,000 CNG/LPG/LNG-powered ones, not many e-autorickshaws have sought the permit which would enable them to operate anywhere in the city … Read more

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Devotees cross pontoon bridges during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday. Following the recent tragedy at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj which claimed 30 lives including those of four people from Belagavi, devotees from Karnataka are thinking twice before making their journey there. A few private tour operators who offer … Read more

RTO to probe operator’s failure to provide accommodation to students

RTO to probe operator’s failure to provide accommodation to students

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has ordered the Transport Commissioner to direct the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) concerned to probe the incident in which accommodation was not arranged by a tour operator for 135 students of SNDP Higher Secondary School, Aluva, who were taken in three buses to Kodaikanal for a picnic. The report … Read more

Transport officials book cases against private bus operators for ‘fleecing passengers’

Transport officials book cases against private bus operators for ‘fleecing passengers’

With Dasara drawing to a close, people waiting to board a bus at the Pandit Nehru Bus Station in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO Officials of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) in Andhra Pradesh have cracked the whip on erring private bus operators who fleeced the passengers taking undue advantage of the … Read more

ED attaches ₹19.39 crore in assets linked to operators of instant-loan apps

ED attaches ₹19.39 crore in assets linked to operators of instant-loan apps

ED has provisionally attached ₹ 19.39 crore in bank balances and fixed deposits belonging to various entities connected with certain instant-loan apps. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached ₹ 19.39 crore in bank balances, and fixed deposits belonging to various entities connected with certain instant-loan apps. The agency is conducting … Read more

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

Bereaved family members perform last rites of one of the deceased persons who died after a boat capsized at Harni lake. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after 12 students and two teachers were killed in a boat accident in Harni lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat, three persons, including a manager … Read more

Autos, cabs, buses off Bengaluru roads to support strike by private transport vehicle operators

Autos, cabs, buses off Bengaluru roads to support strike by private transport vehicle operators

Most autorickshaws, cabs and private buses stayed off roads in Bengaluru on September 11 in response to a call by Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Association. It is estimated that around 7 lakh transport vehicles operated by private persons or companies, that are part of 32 unions, will stay off the roads today across … Read more