At a divisional meeting at Indore on Saturday, Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh reviewed implementation of directives about fitness of buses. The Minister directed that permit for more than 75 km distance should not be issued to 32+2 seater buses as per directives. It should be ensured during fitness tests and inspections that every passenger bus has 2 gates and one emergency window at the left side. There should not be iron grills behind pane of back side. All buses must be inspected necessarily.
It was informed that 494 buses of Transport Department have been inspected in Indore division during last 3 days. Permits of 152 buses have been cancelled due to improper fitness and 19 buses have been seized. In Ujjain division, 352 buses were inspected and permits of 23 buses were cancelled due to lack of fitness and 4 buses were seized.