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RTO seizes 10 buses without emergency doors

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May 4, 2014

Mangalore, May 4: Officials at Mangalore Regional Transport Offices have seized 10 private buses that do not have emergency doors as mandated in wake of accidents involving Volvo buses in Karnataka.

The department had earlier announced that no buses would be allowed to ply after April 30, if they had not installed emergency doors.

The Karnataka government had issued an ultimatum to the transport operators to fix the emergency exits in both private and KSRTC buses. The ultimatum followed several incidents involving buses catching fire leading to casualties. Besides the emergency exits, several other safety measures too had been prescribed.

Mangalore RTO booked cases against 28 buses, including eight belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on Saturday.

RTO Afzal Ahmed Khan said that of the 10 seized buses, one is a KSRTC bus. In fact, on May 1, a total of 18 cases were booked for failing to install emergency doors.

“The seized buses will be detained for one day and an undertaking will be taken from the bus owners that emergency doors will be fitted. The owners will have to give the address of the garage where the emergency doors will be fitted and after installing the emergency door, it will be inspected by the officials and documents related to the buses will be handed over back to the bus owners,” he said.

The officials said the drive will continue in the coming days, till all the luxury buses comply with the rules.

In fact, the bus operators were told to install the emergency exits at a reasonable height on the side of the bus.

The directive comes following two incidents of Volvo buses catching fire, which led to the death of 52 passengers on-board.

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Bengaluru, May 1: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on the occasion of International Labour Day has appealed to migrant workers in the state to stay back and co-operate with it in resuming economic activities once the Central government issues further directions.

"It is my sincere request to all the migrant workers to stay back in the state and co-operate with us to resume the economic activities once we receive directions from Union Government," Yediyurappa said in a release issued by the CMO.

"COVID-19 situation in India is much better than other countries because of people's cooperation.

We intend to resume economic activities soon. The government has already held a meeting with representatives of associations of commerce and industry in this regard. The government has also appealed to the employers to protect the interest of their workers and pay salaries," he added.

The ongoing nationwide lockdown, imposed to contain the coronavirus spread, is scheduled to end on May 3.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: In order to bring down the accident rates, Karnataka government is planning to increase the penalty for road offences, state Transport Minister Laxman Savadi announced here on Thursday.

Addressing media persons here, he said, ''The Centre had brought an amendment to increase the penalty amount. We too have a similar proposal, which we will discuss, post the budget session.

''Before bringing in the amendment, we will create awareness among the road users. By increasing the penalty amount, the number of offences and accidents will come down,'' Mr Savadi added.

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Mysuru, Jan 22: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Wednesday urged the state government to initiate an unbiased investigation into the Mangaluru airport bomb case.

Addressing media persons here, he said, “The incident has created panic among the public and such incidents are being repeated due to the failure of intelligence agencies of the state”.

On accused Aditya Rao, the suspect in the case, who surrendered before Bengaluru police on Wednesday morning, the senior Congress leader said, “I have not yet gathered complete information about the accused in the case, therefore I would not like to comment about him.”

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