The Hindu 14.06.2013
Private bus operator gets HDMC notice
The protest march organised by the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation against unauthorised private bus operators seems to have made some impact.
While the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has issued notices to a private bus operator for running bus stations without permission and a land owner for allowing their lands to be used for the purpose, officials of the Regional Transport Office have seized 24 vehicles and imposed penalty on them.
The HDMC on Wednesday evening served notices on Rani Chennamma Bus Services, which operates buses to various destinations. The manager of Sujata Talkies has also been slapped with a notice for allowing their land to be used as a bus-station for private bus operators. They have been told that if they failed to approach the authorities seeking permission, action would be taken against them as per the provisions of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act. Managing director of North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation too had sought action against private operators. According to the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation and NWKRTC officials, the NWKRTC is incurring losses to the tune of Rs. 40 lakhs to Rs. 50 lakhs a day because of private bus operators.
