[sustran] Why Shimla Municipal Corporation was denied permission to ply electric buses? Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar

[Vinay Baindur]

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*Why Shimla Municipal Corporation was denied permission to ply electric
buses? Panwar*
Press Trust of India |  Shimla
November 14, 2015 Last Updated at 22:02 IST





Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar today
accused Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Virbhadra Singh of meting out
step-motherly treatment to citizens of the town by denying permission to
the local body to run battery operated buses when the same was granted for
Manali region.

"The SMC had in its own wisdom, decided to run battery operated vehicles
(BOVs)on four important routes of the town but your government disagreed
and did not give permission for the same.

"This is completely unwarranted and loudly speaks about the step motherly
treatment to the citizens of Shimla town," Panwar, a senior state CPI(M)
leader, wrote to HP CM in a letter.

He said the argument then given by the Chief minister that plying of these
BOVs in Shimla was not feasible as these were not covered under the Motor
Vehicle Act, "but now this argument does not hold good."

When the authorities in Agra could run BOVs in and around Taj Mahal, why
the SMC could not run the same on sealed and restricted roads in Shimla, he
asked.

"The Mayor and deputy Mayor of Shimla feel that it is our bounden duty to
bring these genuine issues of the people before you and also to rectify
your governments misdemeanours which ought to be corrected," the letter
added.