PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
Taking cognisance of public inconvenience, the dispute over private stage carriage bus operations in the Garhwal region has been resolved after about three days, with directions issued against illegal obstruction of buses.
Regarding the dispute going on in the bus union for the last two to three days and the inconvenience being faced by the public due to bus blockade as reported on social media, a meeting was recently called with all the bus unions at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) Dehradun under the chairmanship of regional transport officer (Administration), Dehradun division Sandeep Saini. All union presidents and roadways officials participated in the meeting.
According to officials, it was decided that all buses for route extension services countersigned by the Dehradun RTA and endorsed on other routes will follow the services provided by the RTA and operate according to the temporary timetable decided in the meeting. No new bus service will be operated without a timetable. It was also directed that no bus union will create obstruction in the operation of buses, nor will they indulge in violence or stop buses illegally during operation; otherwise, action will be taken against the permit, they said
