Visakhapatnam: RTO launches special drive
RTO officials inspecting buses in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday
Visakhapatnam: Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials launched a special drive in Visakhapatnam to place a check on violations of private bus operators.
As part of it, they inspected contract carriage (private) buses at various places and near toll plazas. So far, the RTO officials registered 61 cases against the private bus operators.
During Sankranti season, the bus operators violate norms, fleecing passengers by charging exorbitant fares. Keeping the issue in view, the RTO launched a drive from January 13. The cases filed included charging excess fare, overloading of passengers and not maintaining the list of passengers.
Deputy Transport Commissioner GC Raja Ratnam warned the private operators that the buses will be seized if they collect extra fares. He said the special drive would be continued till January 17.
Motor Vehicle Inspectors M Butchi Raju, G Satyam Naidu, Roki Munnisa, B Raja Rao and Kella Srinivas and AMVI S Srinvas Yadav participated in the drive.