[sustran] JNNURM buses pose problems; Centre steps in

Vinay Baindur yanivbin at gmail.com
Sun Jun 10 22:20:05 JST 2012


JNNURM buses pose problems; Centre steps in Staff Reporter

The Union Government has decided to formulate guidelines for maintenance of
buses funded through the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The decision comes in the wake of complaints pouring in from various States
about the buses' performance, as well as the anomalies that have surfaced.

On Thursday, officials of the Union Ministry of Urban Development said a
standardisation of the maintenance procedures is in progress.

A senior official of the Ministry said there have been complaints about the
buses, and efforts are on to address the concerns. “There have been
complaints from Faridabad. In Kolkata, there was no special purpose vehicle
and buses were given to individual drivers; also there were no depots or
system for servicing. Consequently buses were parked along the road and
repaired by local mechanics,” said Sudhir Krishan, Secretary, Urban
Development Ministry.

Other complaints that were received by the Ministry were from Delhi, where
a problem of ventilation has been more predominant and from Mumbai, where
the complaints were about design issues.

Ministry sources said meetings have been held to iron out the problems that
have surfaced and efforts are being made streamline the maintenance
procedure through standardisation.

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